Blood Needed!

The American Red Cross-Mile High Chapter is hosting a blood drive on Monday, April 25^th from  10:00-11:40AM & 1:00-3:30PM at 444 Sherman St. in the Auditorium.

Bonfils Blood Center needs thousands of blood donors each week to meet Colorado’s needs and to be prepared for any unexpected events.
Please contact Bonfils' Appointment Center at 303.363.2300,800.365.0006 or click here to schedule an appointment on-line. To schedule an appointment online, please reference site code 2395 when searching for a donation location. If your drive is more than a week away, extend the date by clicking on the calendar icon to ensure your drive is listed in the search results.

Your donation will help Bonfils maintain the community blood supply and give a kid with cancer, a car accident victim or another patient in need a future. You have what it takes to save a life. It's already inside you.

For more information about Bonfils Blood Center, visit  www.bonfils.org. Click here for general information about blood donor eligibility or contact Bonfils' Donor Relations department at 303.363.2202 or 800.365.0006, opt. 1 with questions about blood donation.

Take the Time to Listen

People love to talk. Just about everyone loves to converse with someone else, but the other half of conversing is sometimes forgotten, ignored or just given no love. That part is listening. It makes a world of difference in a conversation when someone is listening. Not just looking at you and nodding their head, but actually HEARING what you are saying, conversing back based on what you said and giving their input to your story. With that being said and having felt the good and bad effects of listening, I challenge you to go out and be the best listener you can be. Leave all distractions behind, keep your phone out of sight and mind, face the person and respond to what they are saying so they know how you are giving them your undivided attention. Another important key to listening is staying in the moment. Sometimes we are victims to our own minds and we let it run off with the better, more reasonable half of our mind. Our ability to listen has now decreased ten fold because you are thinking about how you need to look for jobs or how you can't wait for this summer or how you told Johnny you liked him and now he's not even texting you back and you are freaking out! Don't go there. And guess what? The best part is that when that person is finished talking you can actually talk out loud about your concerns you were just thinking of and because that person read this post and they too are good listeners, they will have some wonderful advice for your woes. How lucky for you!

So take a little time today, this week, this month or whenever to really and truly listen and give what you have--your ears! And you never know, it might just be the best gift you can give :)