TRINI: WELCOME BACK TO "LIVING
808."
TODAY IS WORLD KINDNESS DAY.
BLOOD DONORS ARE GREAT
THEY DONATE FOR PEOPLE THEY DO
NOT KNOW, THEY DON'T GET PAID,
AND THE PATIENTS NEVER KNOW WHO
WE ALWAYS HEAR HOW THERE IS A
NEED FOR BLOOD.
IT IS A NEED FOR MORE BLOOD
DONORS.
TELL US ABOUT THAT.
ABSOLUTELY.
BECAUSE OF OUR REMOTE LOCATION,
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT HAWAII TRY
THE PEOPLE OF HAWAII.
ONLY 2% OF THE POPULATION
ACTUALLY DONATES.
BLOOD IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS
WHERE YOU CANNOT GROW IT ON A
FARM AND CANNOT MAKE IT IN A
LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW THE NEED
FOR BLOOD AND HOW A SIMPLE ACT
OF KINDNESS CAN HELP SAVE LIVES.
TRINI: I LOVE THAT.
IT IS A GOOD REMINDER BECAUSE
TODAY IS WORLD KINDNESS DAY.
IT IS SOMETHING WE WANT PEOPLE
IT IS VERY EASY.
MOST FIRST-TIME DONORS ARE
KNOWING THE BLOOD THEY DONATED
IS GOING TO SAVE SOMEBODY'S
LIFE.
THE FIRST THING WE DO WHEN YOU
COME IN HIS HAVE YOU FILL OUT A
HEALTH HISTORY QUESTIONNAIRE.
THAT IS DESIGNED TO MAKE SURE IT
IS SAFE FOR YOU TO DONATE AND
SAVE TO GIVE YOUR BLOOD TO
SOMETHING ELSE.
THEN WE DO A PHYSICAL WHERE WE
CHECK YOUR TEMPERATURE, BLOOD
PRESSURE, AND IRON LEVEL TO MAKE
AFTERWORD COMES THE EASY PART.
YOU GET TO LAY DOWN AND DO YOUR
BLOOD DONATION.
IT ONLY TAKES FIVE TO EIGHT
PEOPLE FEEL GREAT KNOWING THAT
SIMPLE ACT OF KINDNESS CAN SAVE
WHAT IS THIS?
WE HAVE A DONOR HISTORY
HEALTH HISTORY QUESTIONNAIRE.
WE HAVE THE BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF.
WHEN YOU DONATE, YOU DO GET A
FREE BLOOD PRESSURE CHECK.
A GOOD ADVANTAGE FOR YOU WHEN
WE HAVE THE LITTLE MACHINE WE
USED TO MEASURE YOUR IRON LEVEL
TO MAKE SURE IT IS SAFE.
TRINI: HOW DOES THAT MEASURE
YOUR IRON LEVEL?
WE TAKE YOUR BLOOD AND PUT IT
IN THE MACHINE.
YOU CAN MEASURE THAT WHILE YOU
ARE THERE.
TRINI: GREAT.
THIS LOOKS FAMILIAR.
THIS IS THE BANDAGE AFTER YOU
DONATE BLOOD.
WHEN YOU SEE ANYONE WALKING
AROUND WITH THAT, YOU CAN SAY
THANK YOU FOR SAVING LIVES.
THIS IS A BADGE OF HONOR WHEN
SOMEONE DONATES BLOOD.
YOU CAN SEE THE ARMBAND.
TRINI: THAT IS WONDERFUL.
IT SOUNDS LIKE IT IS IMPORTANT
DONORS.
ARE WE OPENING UP FOR
16-YEAR-OLDS?
WE DID.
AS OF THIS YEAR, WE
FOLLOWED THE
BEST PRACTICES AND OPENED THE
DOORS TO 16-YEAR-OLDS THIS PAST
FEBRUARY.
TRINI: TERRIFIC.
I REMEMBER HEARING THERE IS AN
I KNOW YOU'RE SAYING
WHAT IS INTERESTING IS SALT
LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THOUGHT
IT WAS NEVER TOO EARLY TO TEACH
CHILDREN TO BE KIND AND GIVE
TOTALLY FITS THAT MOLD.
IT IS THE FIRST TIME EVER
THE P.T.A. IS A DRIVING FORCE
BEHIND THIS.
BUT THE CLASSROOM THAT DONATES
THE MOST GET A PIZZA PARTY
HOSTED BY OUR BLOOD BANK OF
HAWAII MASCOT.
IT IS MAKING IT FUN, BUT
TEACHING THEM SAVING LIVES AND
I HAVE TO TELL YOU.
FOR SALT LAKE ELEMENTARY, WHAT
WAS REALLY INSPIRING FOR THEM
WAS KNOWING THAT THE
BLOOD FROM
ISN'T THAT SWEET?
TRINI: I LOVE THAT.
THAT IS WONDERFUL.
IT IS SO SMART.
WHEN MY KIDS COME HOME AND TELL
ME THEY ARE DOING SOMETHING,
PARENTS TYPICALLY LISTEN TO
THEIR KIDS.
THEY WANT TO SET A GOOD EXAMPLE.
I LOVE IT IS HAPPENING FOR THE
FIRST TIME AT AN ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL.
THIS IS GREAT.
THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE.
DO PEOPLE GO DOWN TO THE BLOOD
BANK?
IS THAT WHERE THEY DO THIS?
DURING THE HOLIDAYS, IT IS A
TOUGH TIME FOR PEOPLE TO COME
OUT AND DONATE BECAUSE OF THE
HECTICNESS OF THE SEASON.
WE TELL THEM WHEN YOU ARE
SHOPPING AND ALL OF THAT, WE
HAVE YOU PUT YOUR FEET UP AND
ENJOY THE ULTIMATE GIFT OF
GIVING.
IT IS SO EASY.
JUST GO TO OUR WEBSITE.
BBH.ORG.
WE ARE ALL OVER.
WE HAVE THE BLOOD MOBILES, THE
DONOR CENTER.
OUR JOB IS TO MAKE IT EASY FOR
YOU TO SAVE LIVES.
AL QAEDA AND GIVE THE ULTIMATE
GIFT DURING THE HOLIDAY -- BE
KIND AND GIVE THE ULTIMATE GIFT
DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON.
TRINI: IT IS THE TIME OF GIVING.