By Abbey Cannan
Social women’s network Life Beyond 30 creator Wendy Wilson has set a goal to get 30 people to give blood in Noosa during the first week of April.
Wendy said the campaign is part of the Australian Red Cross Blood Service campaign called RED 25 Unite to Save Lives.
“They are uniting with groups and organisations like ours to encourage people to give blood, the aim is that between us, 25 per cent of the blood donations needed in Australia will come from groups and organisations,” she said.
“Life Beyond 30’s goal is to make people aware of the statistics and encourage discussion around blood donation and to get 30 people booking in to give blood because of our campaign, using the LB30 code.
“It’s not as easy as you might think to get people to give blood. Fifty per cent of the population can’t and out of the 50 per cent that are left only 3 per cent actually give blood. People also don’t seem to be aware that blood has a shelf life of less than 45 days, so we need a constant supply.”
To register to give blood, book online, using “LB30 Network” for the Red25 Organisation at www.donateblood.com.au/red25.
The Red Cross blood donation bus is in Tewantin on Diyan Street on the following dates in April. Monday 1, 7am–2pm, Tuesday 2, 11:30am–6pm, Wednesday 3, 10:30am–3:30pm, Thursday 4, 11:30am–6pm, Friday 5, 7am–1pm, Saturday 6, 8am–1pm.
