Nikki
Shrewsbury, MA
United StatesMy whole life I was told I couldn't give blood. In light of COVID, the American Red Cross relaxed a couple regulations, and in summer 2020 I was able to donate blood for the first time!
Having lived abroad my first couple years, I was ineligible to donate blood in the US, but I was determined to do it sometime, somewhere, somehow. I looked up blood donation in other countries, but local laws prohibit people from donating if they don't own land in that country or read the...more...