WOMEN from the Cooks Hill United Football Club have a new goal: saving lives. $ 0 / (min cost $ 0 ) Login or signup to continue reading The team of 12 women have already saved 18 lives in the last two months, as Australian Red Cross Lifeblood reserves dip to critical levels. Blood drive organiser Libby O'Brien said as a group of fit and healthy women, the goal is to encourage others to make a donation.
"When I was younger my dad had a form of leukaemia, he doesn't like to talk about it much, but from my dad being unwell to people in my life who have suffered from cancer and have had to have quite a few blood donations, that spurs me on," Ms O'Brien said. "I haven't been touched by that personally in a long time, but there are strangers out there with someone who loves them and would do anything to help them. "So knowing I can help a stranger is really important.
" Australian Red Cross Lifeblood has issued an immediate call for donors as reserves of most blood types drop to critical levels. Without a significant surge in donations, Lifeblood has said it will soon be at its lowest level this year. The demand for blood is extremely high and the current level of donations is struggling to keep up.
At least 1,200 people will need to donate every day in the coming week to meet the needs of patients, and Lifeblood donor experience executive director Cath Stone urged the public to donate now. "Right now, we need both blood and plasma donors; we have empty chairs across our network eve.
