Social clubs, schools and workplaces donate blood or participate in blood donation camps. Donating blood is a healthy gesture that requires a maximum of one hour of your time, or 4% of your entire day. We must continue to donate as our blood banks are always short of needed blood and can only be stored for a limited period of time. The importance of blood donation is spread to the public through people who have loved ones who have been in desperate need of love. A mother named Carolyn Patrick was unaware of the importance of donating blood until her beloved daughter Jasmine was diagnosed with brain cancer. During her six months of chemotherapy Jasmine received red blood cells and platelets to enable her body to support the chemotherapy treatment. Every Australian needs blood at least once in their life. As a community, blood donation is considered important