Good Morning,
Earlier this week I called the Red Cross to donate blood. My company announced a blood drive, and I was trying to schedule a morning appointment but could not log into the website to schedule it. The lady from the Red Cross reviewed my information and told me something that caused my eyes to well up.
She said I had donated enough blood to have help save 24 lives.
Stop for a moment.
To have helped 24 lives, from donating blood some 4 – 5 times over the last few years.
Such a simple thing, to have such a huge benefit.
We can save lives by making a small donation of ourselves.
The good news is that giving blood is not the only way to give a little of ourselves to help save the lives of others.
We can help in what we do. Recently I was awarded a ‘Patriotic Employer’ certificate for my work in helping ensure our employees who also serve in the National Guard get their time off to serve. Their serving is providing for our nation, and in effect, helping save lives.
A simple thing like coordinating schedules, to help national guardsman.
What could you do be a life saver? And if each of you who read this message take action, the number of people being helped and lives being saved will grow, possibly exponentially!
So what do we do?
Maybe it is spending time volunteering in a soup kitchen where the homeless and hungry go to get fed, or being a big brother or sister to help a youngster who needs a helping hand to get through the rough years of adolescence. Maybe it is simple as sending a check monthly to help feed a family who is less fortunate that you.
We can be a lifesaver by giving of ourselves to others in any number of ways.
It does not have to be difficult, dangerous or expensive, but it has to be something that we do. For to do nothing is to gain nothing.
Get out there and be a life saver, and do something to help the lives of others, and maybe even save a life or two.
Enjoy!
Sanford Berenberg
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