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Old 03-05-2016, 08:56 AM
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Originally Posted by leftyf View Post
I got 2 emails yesterday from Oneblood stating that whole blood is desperately in demand. They were asking me to please donate. I told them I donate every 2 weeks, that's all I can do. I then told them, "I told you that when you stopped the rewards program, donors would stop coming in". Maybe they will think it over. Last week when I was there in a 2 1/2 hour period, I only saw 2 whole blood donors.
I hope they rethink their rewards program. It is OK for platelet donors using a 5 gallon mark but would be so much better if they just brought back the old reward program as well. They could do away with the cheap blankets, cups, and the like. I still loved the t-shirts.

They should be blood donor oriented with the rewards rather than trying to save funds doing away with the rewards program. I have no information though on the relative costs of one vs. another. I was just guessing about why they changed things?