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Peaks and Pints Gives A Damn: Give Blood Get Beer
April 7, 2019 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Peaks and Pints Gives A Damn: Give Blood Get Beer
You need to give blood. It’s been too long — just about a year, you think. You certainly have a pint to spare, a pint whose red cells will be replenished at the rate of 2 million EVERY SECOND.
The Cascade Regional Blood Services hosts a blood drive program titled “Give Blood Get Beer” — a program where if you donate a pint of blood you will receive a pint of beer. Cascade Regional Blood Services blood drives enable local restaurants and pubs to support our community’s blood supply in a unique and fun way. Peaks and Pints craft beer bar, bottle shop, and restaurant in Tacoma’s Proctor District, will host A Give Blood Get Beer blood drive 1-4 p.m. Sunday, April 7.
But getting back to the Peaks and Pints’ point, you need to give, not just because you’re in the mood or because Cascade Regional Blood Services will give you a pint of beer at Peaks and Pints craft beer bar. No, you need to give because lives are on the balance awaiting your donation. Lest that sound like your blood is something special, it’s no more special than Peaks and Pints or your sister’s or the blood of the guy sitting next to at Peaks and Pints. But it’s blood, and it’s rich with possibility and with life. There’s no substitute for blood. If people lose blood from surgery or injury or if their bodies can’t produce enough, there is only one place to turn — volunteer blood.
Never given blood? Consider these tips. …
Drink a lot of water beforehand, and be sure to eat a healthy meal. Think iron-rich foods.
Talk. Peaks and Pints turns into quite the chatterbox when we give blood, probably because it takes our mind off liquid being siphoned from our veins. Bless the patient technicians, whom you’ll ask about their families, their jobs, the weather. We suggest you just start naming off the possible craft beer you’re going to drink at Peaks and Pints with your beer voucher.
Hang in the Blood RV as long as you need. Load up on those snacks. If you feel light-headed, tell someone.
Ready? There’s a sign-up sheet at Peaks and Pints, or just show up Sunday afternoon, April 7.
PEAKS AND PINTS GIVES A DAMN: GIVE BLOOD GET BEER, 1-4 p.m. Sunday, April 7, Peaks and Pints, 3816 N. 26th St., Basecamp Proctor, Tacoma, no cover
