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Category: American Red Cross

Enchanted Loscon

Enchanted Loscon

By Dennis Cherry Posted on October 29, 2023 Posted in American Red Cross, Conventions, Loscon Tagged with American Red Cross, Blood Drive, Loscon

Yesterday was the final on-site meeting of the Loscon 49 committee.  This is where we make the final preparations and make sure everything is running smoothly.  Most of the department heads were in attendance.  There was also a Zoom link …

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Out and About

Out and About

By Dennis Cherry Posted on September 24, 2023 Posted in American Red Cross, Kristine Cherry Tagged with American Red Cross, Kristine Cherry

While it’s been over a week since she left L.A. County Jail Olive View/UCLA County Hospital, Kris has not been getting out since her surgery.  She can’t even get out of our apartment complex alone because the fire doors are …

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Off to a Good Start

Off to a Good Start

By Dennis Cherry Posted on February 5, 2023 Posted in American Red Cross, Cooking, Food, Goals Tagged with American Red Cross, Blood Drive, cooking, Food, Goals, Writing

It may be two months early to review my goals, but as I was marking my progress for the month, I realized how much I accomplished.  Some of it, like trying new recipes, I wasn’t even trying.  I just love …

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Stick It to Me Again

Stick It to Me Again

By Dennis Cherry Posted on January 22, 2023 Posted in American Red Cross Tagged with American Red Cross, Blood Drive

It’s been eight weeks since my last donation at Loscon, so it’s time to do it again.  That’s me giving the blood drive salute. If you give whole blood, you can give every eight weeks.  I was thinking about the …

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I’m Out for Blood

I’m Out for Blood

By Dennis Cherry Posted on January 15, 2023 Posted in American Red Cross, Conventions, Cooking, Food, Westercon Tagged with American Red Cross, Blood Drive, Conventions, Food, Westercon

Kris and I have been doing the Loscon blood drive for 32 years, but it’s been a long time since we were able to do another con like Worldcon or Westercon.  This year, Westercon will be in Anaheim and we …

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Loscon 48 review

Loscon 48 review

By Dennis Cherry Posted on December 4, 2022 Posted in American Red Cross, Fun Stuff, Loscon Tagged with American Red Cross, Blood Drive, Conventions, Loscon

Actually, we didn’t see a whole lot of the con because we were busy.  It started on Thanksgiving Day when I made cookies for the Blood Drive.  Kris was also busy helping me with quality control. Friday, we did catch …

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Back From Loscon

Back From Loscon

By Dennis Cherry Posted on November 27, 2022 Posted in American Red Cross, Loscon Tagged with American Red Cross, Blood Drive, Loscon

Just got back from Loscon and unpacked the car.  Full review next week. Going to bed, now… Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…   Dennis   139th blog completed. First Steampunk novel:  72,193 words.  Need to expand to about 80,000 words. ß Didn’t work on …

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Get Those Needles Ready

Get Those Needles Ready

By Dennis Cherry Posted on November 13, 2022 Posted in American Red Cross, Conventions, LASFS, Loscon Tagged with American Red Cross, Blood Drive, Conventions, Loscon

The Loscon Blood Drive is now two weeks away.  And while the Red Cross is sharpening their needles, I have my own preparations to make.  The flyer on the cover picture, for example. I also had to make the raffle …

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Getting Ready to Bleed Them Dry

Getting Ready to Bleed Them Dry

By Dennis Cherry Posted on October 30, 2022 Posted in American Red Cross, Conventions, Loscon Tagged with American Red Cross, Blood Drive, Loscon

With Loscon about a month away (Thanksgiving weekend), it’s time to start prepping for the Blood Drive.  This weekend, I sent the sign-up information to the Loscon press info. I also signed up myself.  I’ll be one of the first …

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So Long and Thanks for all the Platelets

So Long and Thanks for all the Platelets

By Dennis Cherry Posted on August 14, 2022 Posted in American Red Cross, LASFS, Loscon Tagged with American Red Cross, Blood Drive, LASFS, Loscon

Aside from the Writer’s Conference last week, Kris and I attended a memorial for Charles (Karl) Lembke.  I wrote about him a few weeks ago when I donated blood at the American Red Cross in Woodland Hills, California. Karl had …

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