19/10/2023
South West Blood Bikes volunteer Paul has shared the following story from a recent duty shift.
Last Friday I received a call asking if I could do an urgent run from Exeter to Bristol which I accepted. Around 40 minutes after receiving the call I arrived at the pick up point and the lady who had requested our help was called. She came to the desk and her first words were, "thank you so much you're a life saver"..... as I was writing out the receipt I asked what it was I was collecting she said it was a paediatric sample, I then finished filling in the receipt and handed it to her to sign as she handed it back she repeated "thank you so much your a life saver" ...I left there with a feeling of great pride that I was able to help and of how much it was appreciated!
I set off and made my way to the M5 and settled in for the run up to Bristol, as I headed up towards junction 24 a message board over the motorway said junction 20 to 21 delays 45 minutes, not much else to do but carry on.
Now the point of the second half of this message is l would like to say a huge thank you to all the drivers of cars, vans, trucks buses etc who moved over to allow me to filter through stationary or slow moving traffic as it’s possible that they helped to save a life by making it possible for me to deliver the sample as fast as legally possible, so again a huge thank you 👏👏
It would be nice if people could share that bit of the message, so that motorists would know that they may be helping to save a life by letting Blood bikes through!
South West Blood Bikes are based in Devon and you can found out how to volunteer for them using the link below.
https://swbb.charity/want-to-volunteer/
For blood bike groups in other areas, please visit the website for the Nationwide Association of Blood Bikes.
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