The local blood bank (of which I am a longtime member) is a county-wide non-profit business organization that is in competition with the American Red Cross and plasma-for-pay centers for that precious liquid in our veins.
Beyond the sheer satisfaction of doing a good deed for our fellow humans, there are some perks that the blood bank offers to donors. Personally, among the various lures, I hardly ever take advantage of anything more than the t-shirts they give away every now and then. I am not familiar with the way things are run at the American Red Cross blood donation centers.
The plasma-for-pay centers have a reputation for attracting street people down on their luck and starving college students, but I have no direct knowledge of whether that’s accurate or not, nor do I know how much money is offered per drop of blood.
All of these blood-related services have screening criteria.
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The plasma-for-pay sites give the free snack and liquids also, it’s a health-related action, because it helps to start the body’s rejuvenation process in compensating the loss of blood volume.
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