{"id":7049,"date":"2023-04-16T07:43:17","date_gmt":"2023-04-16T14:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aaugh.com\/wordpress\/?p=7049"},"modified":"2023-04-15T18:00:56","modified_gmt":"2023-04-16T01:00:56","slug":"yes-i-got-the-bloody-t-shirt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aaugh.com\/wordpress\/2023\/04\/yes-i-got-the-bloody-t-shirt\/","title":{"rendered":"Yes, I got the bloody t-shirt!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The American Red Cross contacts me all the time, with phone calls and emails and the like, asking if I&#8217;m ready to give blood again. I donate a pint with reasonable regularity. But this month has been a little nuts, because, while they often have some little thank you gift if you give like a $5 gift certificate or a pair of socks, at the moment it&#8217;s a Snoopy t-shirt. So not only have I gotten repeated emails telling me that I could get a Snoopy shirt, not only did I get a robocall that started right in with the Snoopy shirt offer, my wife brought it up with me because they contact her. And my daughter brought it up because apparently there&#8217;s a lot of people on TikTok showing off their shirts. And AAUGH Blog reader John made sure that I know by sending me a link to <a href=\"https:\/\/magazine.promomarketing.com\/article\/how-a-snoopy-t-shirt-resulted-in-a-blood-donation-appointment-boom-for-the-american-red-cross\/\">a story<\/a> about how successful the campaign has been, driving 50% more people than usual to visit the blood donation appointment page.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/aaugh.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/NatInRedCrossJoeCoolShirt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-7051\" src=\"http:\/\/aaugh.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/NatInRedCrossJoeCoolShirt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aaugh.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/NatInRedCrossJoeCoolShirt.jpg 250w, https:\/\/aaugh.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/NatInRedCrossJoeCoolShirt-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>And all of this was unneeded because, as I said, I was about ready to donate again anyway. And as long as I was going to give, yes, of course I accepted the shirt.<\/p>\n<p>The shirts are for donors who give a pint by April 23, or as supplies last. And even if you hit them after supplies run out, as long as it&#8217;s still in April, you get entered for a chance to win a trip to the Charles M. Schulz Museum.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to get started as a blood donor, find more info on this promotion and a link for making an appoinrtment at https:\/\/www.redcrossblood.org\/local-homepage\/events\/peanuts.html<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American Red Cross contacts me all the time, with phone calls and emails and the like, asking if I&#8217;m ready to give blood again. I donate a pint with reasonable regularity. 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