Week Seven EOC: The Pitch

We live in an age where we are more concerned about "Me." How most people only worry about how something affects them and not about how it affects others? By giving only a little bit of your time you can not only help yourself but you could be helping many others. " Organizations like the Nevada Donor Network and United Blood Services are just some ways of giving back that help so many people. United Blood Services is where you can donate blood to help many, many people and Nevada Donor Network is an organization that you can donate your organs, eye and tissue after you have passed. The misconception about, by being and organ donor, doctors and paramedics don’t try and save you is a complete and total farce. It is a way to help someone in need after you have expired that can ultimately save someone’s life. My pitch is that I would get in contact with both organizations and talk to them about going around to the local high schools and raise awareness. Creating T-Shirts with the slogan, "From Us, Through Them, To You," that you receive when you become an organ donor or donate blood and/or platelets. "but solid positions cannot be built on empty promises. If a company positions its product as offering the best quality and service, it must actually differentiate the product so that it delivers the promised quality and service. Companies must do much more than simply shout out their positions in ad slogans and taglines. They must first live the slogan." - Marketing: An Introduction, page 195. The goal is simple, to make young people aware that they are not too young to help, save lives and give them the opportunity to give back, "From Us, Through Them, To You," with all the proceeds being split between both organizations. Some facts from the United Blood Services are that: 1 pint of blood can save up to 3 lives. Every 2 seconds someone needs a blood transfusion. 5 million patients in the US need blood every year. Less than 38 percent of the population is eligible to give blood. Blood cannot be manufactured; it can only from volunteer donors. Platelets, critical for cancer patients, have a shelf life of only 5 days. And with the Nevada Donor Network some facts are: Each donor can save and enhance as many as 50 lives. 18 people a day die waiting for a transplant. Over 100,000 men, women and children are waiting for an internal organ transplant in the United States. Donations saves thousands of lives each year, but too many are lost because there are too few donors. Unless you're registered or have a "D" on your license, your organs might not be used in time to save a life. Doctors match donated organs by looking at body size, blood type, time waiting, medical urgency, and proximity of donor and potential recipient. Something as simple as taking an hour out of your day to donate blood or register as a organ donor can help so many more people than we realize.