Introduction:

I. Imagine your father has just suffered a heart attack and must undergo open-heart surgery in order to repair the damage.

II. Imagine your little nephew or niece baby was born with a heart defect and required daily transfusions of blood in order to have a chance at survival.

III. Imagine your best friend has just been diagnosed with leukemia, a disease requiring regular transfusions of platelets.

IV. Not very nice images are they, but these things happen and unfortunately some of you may even have experienced them already.

A. Naturally you'd hope and expect the hospital to have enough resources to facilitate the return to health, or to prolong their lives,

B. And naturally you'd want to do everything in your power to help.

V. There is one way you can help, that...