Andrea Trisdale is a licensed realtor in Austin, Texas, where she works at Urban Squared Realty. She specializes in sales and leasing, and says that she enjoys the challenge of matching her clients to their perfect property.
Andrea Trisdale is also a big believer in blood donation and stresses it's importance. "I am a regular blood donor and encourage others to be as well," she says. "Each donation saves two lives."
As she knows, more than 4.5 million people require a blood donation in the United States and Canada every single day. The blood supply is carefully monitored, and all volunteer blood donators are evaluated before they actually make a donation. According to federal guidelines, a blood donor must be in good general health and feeling well, be at least seventeen years old or have the permission of their parents or guardian if they are younger, and must weigh at least 110 ten pounds.
Two of the most common reasons people give for not donating blood are that it never occurred to them, and that they don't like needles. As Andrea Trisdale knows from personal experience, the needle prick is relatively painless and about the same as you'd experience getting an ordinary injection at the doctor's office. And since the people who would most benefit from a blood transfusion have issues a little more serious than a fear of needles, it is one of those things she encourages people to overcome.
More than a million people are diagnosed with cancer every year, and many of them are going to require blood. Through the selfless acts of people like Andrea Trisdale, the blood they so desperately need will be available to them.
Andrea Trisdale is also a big believer in blood donation and stresses it's importance. "I am a regular blood donor and encourage others to be as well," she says. "Each donation saves two lives."
As she knows, more than 4.5 million people require a blood donation in the United States and Canada every single day. The blood supply is carefully monitored, and all volunteer blood donators are evaluated before they actually make a donation. According to federal guidelines, a blood donor must be in good general health and feeling well, be at least seventeen years old or have the permission of their parents or guardian if they are younger, and must weigh at least 110 ten pounds.
Two of the most common reasons people give for not donating blood are that it never occurred to them, and that they don't like needles. As Andrea Trisdale knows from personal experience, the needle prick is relatively painless and about the same as you'd experience getting an ordinary injection at the doctor's office. And since the people who would most benefit from a blood transfusion have issues a little more serious than a fear of needles, it is one of those things she encourages people to overcome.
More than a million people are diagnosed with cancer every year, and many of them are going to require blood. Through the selfless acts of people like Andrea Trisdale, the blood they so desperately need will be available to them.