As you may be able to tell by the title of this post I donated blood today.
It started off with a series of questions in a private interview where we went through a list of countries where I may have gotten malaria from, malaria which I don't have but needed to go through as a safety precaution... Tip: If you want to donate blood in South Australia, not having had lived in South America for 6 months or longer really helps.
Then we tested to see if my blood had enough iron, and it did, and then I got a needle stuck into me for maybe about 45 minutes. IT WAS SUCKING MY BLOOD. AH, I DON'T LIKE NEEDLES.
But I survived. Got through. Donated blood. Got free food and drinks and then went home with an aching arm.
I have a point here, I'm not complaining about donating blood, I promise. Anyways, even though I get freaked out by blood being taken out of me and possibly given to another person, I know it's a good thing to do. And I've done it so I can go through live by saying that I have donated blood, etc etc.
Thinking about it, life seems to be compiled of good things and bad things, doing good acts and doing bad acts. As Nerdfighters, we seem to be (or at least I think) people who fill our lives with good things and good acts that decrease world suck. Donating blood is one way to do this, not the way I prefer, but a way.
The way I prefer is through charities, organizations, etc... Things that help decrease the suck in our world that is poverty and world hunger. One of my passions in life is helping the fight against poverty and world hunger, and I fuel this passion by participating in doing fundraising things. Earlier this year I ran Live Below The Line within my school for the year 11s and 12s. I alone raised more than $300 and the school raised around or more $2000. In a month or so I'll be participating in the 40 Hour Famine for the 3rd time. (My profile is here if you want to check it out, I really encourage you guys to do it.) And in November, as I mentioned in my previous post, I'll be heading out to Vietnam with my school for 15 days to do some world suck decreasing as I like to put it...
And so, because I suck at ending things, I leave you with a question.
What's your way of decreasing world suck? Mine's through the things mentioned before, so what's yours?
Maybe we can do something together.
DFTBA, Caitlin xo
I always think about donating blood... but then forget to do anything about it. Must do it soon. I am also in South Australia so I'll make sure I donate blood before I ever go to South America for a long term. :)
ReplyDeleteTo try and help decrease such I've participated in the Relay For Life a few times which is a fundraiser for the Canadian Cancer Society, and I've pledged friends who've done similar fundraisers, as well I've participated in things like food drives and book drives and I've donated clothes etc.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if it would be decreasing suck or increasing awesome but I always make a point just to do little things like holding a door open for someone or picking up something a person's dropped. I know they're just little gestures but if everyone did the little things like that I think it would help make the world a little better.