I'm a regular ALYX double red donor at both One Blood and Life South (different times obviously). Over the last 40 years, I've been a regular donor and I used to manage a local blood drive where I worked.
In The Villages over the last 10 years, I'd say
1) I don't much care for the One Blood Donor Center at Spanish Plaines. The folks there seem a bit "edgy" and the facility is not very comfortable, plus it's often crowded with long waits. The Life South center in Ocala does not have a double red machine so I don't visit there.
Thus I use the buses.
2) The One Blood bus is easier to find in the area and have better "rewards" such as they are (ie: movie tickets)
3) I like the Life South personnel somewhat better, the reward is a tshirt of which I have a hundred. I've had a better donor experience there overall but it's close.
So it's a coin toss.
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