An Evening with Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
The Skirball presents an online discussion with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists and authors Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, whose book
Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope, inspired the Skirball s current online exhibition. The conversation and Q&A will be moderated by Eric Liu, co-founder and CEO of Citizen University. Signed books aare available for purchase at bronxriverbooks.com.
Artist Arshile Gorky, pictured here in childhood with his mother, inspired the collaborative film, They Will Take My Island. (Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Tuesday, Jan. 26; 4 p.m. PST
They Will Take My Island
Give the gift of blood, breastmilk, more and get paid for it
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ORLANDO, Fla. – January is National Blood Donor Month. Blood banks have a difficult time collecting blood during the winter due to cold weather and seasonal illnesses. Add in a world-wide pandemic and hospitals all over the country are desperate for your blood. After giving away your A, B, or O, you may be thinking about what other things you can donate? And with 42% of Americans racking up holiday debt last year, it wouldn’t hurt if you get compensated too.
Besides dropping change here and there, there are things you can donate and get compensated for. With over 800 centers across the country, one of the most convenient options is plasma donation. “Donors are able to donate up to two days in a seven-day period, with at least one day in between donations,” said Casie Banks, Plasma Center Manager at BioLife Plasma Services. Compensation does fluctuate and varies by location, but overal
Need continues even as virus stops mobile blood drives
Jan 22, 2021
The idea of getting poked with a big needle and having some of your blood siphoned out is not at all a pleasant one.
However, people who are brave enough to get jabbed and allow some of their blood to be drawn out are a type of hero commonly called a blood donor. They save a lot of lives.
Donating blood takes about an hour, according to leaders of Lifeserve Blood Center, which has a facility in Fort Dodge. In that hour, a blood donor can save three local lives, they say.
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Collette Bates, a retired firefighter paramedic, thought she was coming down with a cold back in April, but when she spiked a fever and her body began to ache all over she suspected it was COVID-19. She was right.
A registered nurse working from home for Excellus BlueCross BlueShield, Bates suffered other COVID symptoms as well: A dulled sense of taste and smell, body aches so intense she could hardly move, and a dry cough so fierce she developed a hernia.
Bates, who lives in Fairport, recovered. But she didn’t get off unscathed. The virus left her with a number of ailments affecting her thyroid, her vision and possibly her kidneys. She is still prone to headaches like the ones she had during COVID.
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SEATTLE - January is National Blood Donor Month and while it is important to donate blood year-round, it is especially important during this pandemic.
One might expect a shortage in blood donations during a pandemic, however, Vicki Finson, the Executive Vice President for blood services at Bloodworks Northwest says, We are collecting more blood and using more blood than we did in 2019.
Finson says it is an easy way to give back during this tough time, People are looking for something really good to do and something that feels really good to do in a time where it’s maybe hard to find some of those things.