Rachel writes:

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Rachel Myr
Norway
where milk donors are compensated for their  time on a per liter basis, and 
blood donors are rewarded with great trinkets  like Moomintroll coffee cups 
or bath towels or sports bags, and the costs of  supplying blood and donor 
milk to those who need them are borne collectively by  the human fellowship 
we call 'society' over the public health budget, and nobody  is in any 
serious doubt about the value of either fluid



~~ I'm still not getting posts with subject line anymore but tried to match 
 what I figured it was... As per blood donation where I live: In the past 6 
or 7  years, I've given over 3 gallons of blood to my local hospital. ( 
Except for  this coming year, when I can't give, having gotten tattooed with my 
daughter  when she turned 18). They have a Four Seasons donor program where 
healthy people  are encouraged to donate once in each season. I've gotten 
little seasonal pins,  a lunch bag or two, some fleece throws, mugs, a book 
gift card to the  nearby bookstore, movie tickets ( when you donate near your 
birthday), and  a few times "A Pint for a Pint" meaning a pint of locally 
made ice cream or  sorbet,  two cheap but not bad music CDs and two Tshirts 
the size of  tents. They do a once-yearly luncheon where donors are honored, 
collectively and  as they pass each gallon marker. I consider this a 
community service. The little  things are nice but not necessary. If the hospital 
was turning around and  selling if for profit I think I would feel 
differently. I figure we are way  behind on actually compensating moms for milk 
donations, perhaps someone will  correct me.
 
Peace,
Judy

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