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Collected Item: “Blood Donation”

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Blood Donation

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

Photograph

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

I donated blood today. They've had a shortage of donors, so I decided to do it. Pretty simple process, and I got to talk to people in real life and they gave me snacks after. It was actually fun. My mom made me the mask.

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

blood donor, mask, socializing, college of staten island, HST 718

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Susan Smith Peter

Give this story a date.

April 20, 2020
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