Not-So-Obvious Parties

• Local radio personalities that would be used to get the word out
• Local businessmen who might want to provide food for the blood donors
• Caregivers to watch the young children of donors
• Pick-up and delivery services to ensure that the elderly and disabled can participate
• Security officials to ensure the safety of the donors

What Kind of Issue is This?

• Potential concern
• We can find donors and surplus blood from other blood banking organizations. However, we cannot guarantee that such help will always be available. Thus, we would work with Red Cross to tap a new pool of donors.

Red Cross’s Strengths

• Great name recognition
• Ability to attract repeat donors

Red Cross’s Weaknesses

• Lacks resources to freeze large surplus of blood. (www.commondream.org)
• Creates conflict with other blood bank organizations by insisting on no cutoff point for donors.