Our local blood bank is currently in the midst of a nationwide blood shortage and really need your help to meet their current hospital patient need! Will you please consider taking an hour of your time to donate blood during this critical time of need? Did you know that when you donate blood you dump a whopping 650 calories with a single donation which means you can skip the gym and frankly, they don’t want you to work out or do anything strenuous for 12 hours following your donation. But this is also your day for a free-pass, so to speak, for eating to your heart’s content.