Red Cross Month

The program on American Red Cross Month is now available in the podcast.  My guests are local Red Cross spokesman Rob Shapiro and Steve Clayton, a Red Cross volunteer, who has some interesting stories to tell about responding to disaster scenes in our area and elsewhere.

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Red Cross Month

Sunday, 3/25 @ 6am 
92.9 The Wave, ESPN Radio 94.1, Star 1310 and 97.3 The Eagle  

 

March is Red Cross Month.  This Sunday on Hampton Roads Topics, I talk with local Red Cross spokesman Rob Shapiro about the work of the Red Cross, particularly their response to disasters and fire scenes.  I'm also joined by disaster response volunteer Steve Clayton, who explains why he's willing to go out in the middle of the night to help total strangers who've lost everything in a fire.

For information about the American Red Cross in Hampton Roads, visit www.MyRedCross.net

New Podcast Added

Sunday's interview with Kristen Hatfield and Wes Juezan of the American Red Cross has been added to the Hampton Roads Topics podcast.  Listen to learn how you could win an iPad 2 just for donating blood platelets.

December 4th -- Blood Platelet Donors Could Win iPad 2

Sunday, 12/4 @ 6am 
92.9 The Wave, ESPN Radio 94.1, Star 1310 and 97.3 The Eagle

People who donate blood platelets in Hampton Roads could win an iPad 2 from the American Red Cross.  That is just one of the topics discussed on this Sunday's edition of Hampton Roads Topics, with guests Kristin Hatfield and Wes Juezan of the American Red Cross Mid-Atlantic Blood Services Region.

According to the Red Cross website, "platelets are a vital element of cancer and organ transplant treatments, as well as many surgical procedures as they help prevent massive blood loss."  Juezan says platelet donation takes a little longer than whole blood donation, but it uses a smaller needle and it can be done more often, once every seven days.  Givers of whole blood must wait 56 days between donations.

Everyone who donates platelets during the month of December will be eligible to win an iPad 2.  Other prizes include an iPod Touch, a Kindle Fire, and laptop computers.

The local Red Cross also has a great need for whole blood donors, especially during the holidays when people are travelling, on Christmas break or are otherwise too busy to donate.  Hatfield says they need 500 to 600 blood donors every day to meet demand.

To give blood, a person must be at least 17 years of age (16 with parental consent), weigh at least 110 pounds, and be in generally good health.  Cancer survivors and people with tattoos or body piercings are, in most cases, eligible to donate.  Visit the Red Cross eligibility page for more details.

To learn more about donating blood, visit www.redcrossblood.org/midatlantic

Next Interview -- The American Red Cross

My wife and I had one of those "small world" moments last night.  We were walking into the American Red Cross donation center at Pembroke Mall to give blood when we were met by Kristen Hatfield, who I am interviewing today on the air about the need for blood donors during the holidays.  I am sure that our chance encounter will be a topic during the recording of the interview. 

My interview with Kristen will air Sunday, December 4th at 6am on 92.9 The Wave, Star 1310, ESPN Radio 94.1 and 97.3 The Eagle.

Visit RedCrossBlood.org/Midatlantic to learn where you can donate blood.