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My friend Megan's dad, Chris McGargill, has been diagnosed with Myelofibrosis, which is a disease of the bone marrow. Essentially, due to scarring of the bone marrow his body is no longer producing the red blood cells that it needs to support his vital organs. In order to support his declining red blood cells, her dad is currently receiving blood transfusions every 6 – 7 days.

Give the gift of life this holiday season—donate blood. Your donation could save up to three people’s lives, including Chris McGargill.  Please consider donating blood in his honor. The blood drive is Wednesday, December 29th from 6:30 am – 6:30 pm at Millard North High School. The entire process—from registration through snacks—only takes an hour of your time. You can register by clicking here* and scheduling an appointment for the holiday community blood drive. (You can also call 1-800-RED-CROSS if that is easier for you.) When you register, be sure to write “donating in honor of Chris McGargill” in the comment box so they can track accordingly. If you register by December 3, you will be entered into a drawing to win a custom Husker shirt (pictured below) designed by me!!   They will also have a special table of snacks at the blood drive dedicated to those donating in her dad’s honor, and child care will be provided by Red Cross volunteers!

If you have any questions on eligibility or blood donations, please click here.

To read more about her dad’s story, please click here.

And please help spread the word. If just 10 percent of people in the U.S. give blood this holiday season, up to 34.2 million lives might be saved. We are always in need of blood. Please forward this email on to anyone you know that might be interested in saving a life. If you’d post the following to your Facebook pages or email it to your networks, I would really appreciate it!

Give the gift of life this holiday season—donate blood. Your donation could save up to three people’s lives, including that of Chris McGargill—dad of my friend Megan. Please consider donating blood in Chris’ honor on Wednesday, December 29th at the Holiday Blood Drive at Millard North High School. Please visit Megan’s blog for more information or to register!

Link to paste: http://mckennarae.blogspot.com/2010/11/in-honor-of-christopher-louis-mcgargill.html