Last weekend, my mother and I volunteered at Henrys Market for the American Red Cross. It was exciting that it was not raining and I was really excited to be able to work with the people again and hear their stories for why they help save lives. It was a great day, a beautiful one I mean, and there was not a cloud in the sky. I introduced myself to every person, with a huge smile on my face and if there was a long wait-I would simply ask them questions about why they are giving their time to help save lives. In the beginning, the computers hadn’t arrived and so I had to tell the people to be patient and offered them snacks. One mother brought both of her children to give blood and it made me realize that I can actually start giving blood soon. My birthday is in January and I can start giving blood to the American Red Cross when I am the age of 17. Now that I think of it, I just might start giving blood after the New Year. I want to be able to help save lives, I mean how amazing would that be if I could give blood –and help give people another chance at life-a chance to be able to live life again to the fullest and do the things that they otherwise wouldn’t be able to do.
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