{"id":57,"date":"2025-05-24T00:05:23","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T07:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heinleinsociety.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=57"},"modified":"2025-05-24T11:01:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T18:01:19","slug":"blood-drives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/heinleinsociety.org\/pay-it-forward\/blood-drives\/","title":{"rendered":"Blood Drives"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Please donate to The Heinlein Society Blood Drives cause.
Choose Blood Drives and 100% of your donation goes to the Blood Drives program!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Reports on past blood drives<\/a> welcome! Many thanks to the many volunteers who make this life saving service possible to so many first time donors as well as lifelong repeat donor who donate nowhere else than our drives.<\/p>\n

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\"HeinleinGiving blood only takes about an hour;<\/strong> anyone 16 and up, and in good health, can give blood. For more information on the requirements to be a donor, visit the United Blood Services website<\/a>. Heinlein readers will recall the National Rare Blood Club was an integral part of his novel I Will Fear No Evil and, in an appendix to the novel, he informed his readers that the organization he had written about actually existed and deserved their support. Mr. Heinlein traveled extensively to promote this important cause and frequently donated himself.The Heinlein Society has made blood drives a permanent, ongoing effort, and continues to invite all to participate in this critically important effort. Life-saving blood is always in short supply, and a healthy person may donate every 56 days. According to the Red Cross, each blood donation can save up to three lives. It is a safe and quick procedure, usually taking no more than an hour of one’s time.While walk-ins are welcome, we\u2019d appreciate as many as possible to pre-register.To sign up to give blood at a Heinlein Society blood drive, or to volunteer to help, email: BloodDriveChair@heinleinsociety.org<\/a>. Thank you for paying it forward!<\/p>\n

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About Science Fiction Convention Blood Drives<\/h3>\n

In 1976, only a few years after recovery from two years of extensive illnesses that prevented his final editing “cuts” of I Will Fear No Evil, Robert Heinlein put his own words into action. With the help of other science fiction devotees, including many well-known authors, he organized a blood drive at MidAmericon, the 34th World Science Fiction Convention. It was the first of many such blood drives and was the start of a tradition.Many local organizations have followed that worthy tradition and hold their own drives in memory of Robert A. Heinlein at local conventions. On Labor Day weekend in 2001 at the Millenium Philcon, the Heinlein Society took up the tradition by organizing our first convention blood drive. Despite being several blocks from the convention center we had an excellent turnout and collected over 60 units of blood. It was a tremendous success.<\/p>\n

Since that time we have run dozens of convention blood drives\u2014including most of the subsequent Worldcons\u2014and assisted with a number of others, with many more to come. Our goal is to have a blood drive at every convention large enough to support one. Where there is no local organization, we will set the blood drive up. Where there is a local organization willing and able to organize the drive themselves, and there are many, we will offer our help.<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Follow Heinlein Society Blood Drive news on Facebook!   2024 Results     Reports on past blood drives welcome! Many thanks to the many volunteers who make this life saving service possible to so many first time donors as well as lifelong repeat donor who donate nowhere else than our drives. Giving blood only takes…
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