Hi, I’m Marybeth Cooper. My oldest son Larry was born with a severe and rare congenital heart defect (CHD). CHD is an abnormality in the heart that develops before birth. Before Larry was 6 weeks old he had two open heart surgeries and placed on a heart/lung machine. In total, he has had 7 open heart surgeries. He is never fixed. He is patched until the patch wears off.
Two months after giving birth, a blood drive was held at the hospital and I knew they needed blood so I went down to donate. I had donated blood before and my son was needing gallons of blood transfusions because of his condition. This was my call to action: I had to start donating gallons because he was using gallons!
Challenge your friends (or anyone for that matter) to a friendly competition! Who will win the battle to do the most social good for your community?
Put your virtual blood drive campaign against one or even multiple other campaigns to see who can recruit more blood donors for the American Red Cross.
