Progressive Wednesday

Blood puppies.

Okay, I’ll admit — I’m trying to shock you a bit with that title. But this is a surprising bit o’ news. Check this sucker out from the Peach State:

The American Red Cross and DeKalb County Animal Services are teaming up so one good deed will lead to another.

People who give blood at any Red Cross blood drive in DeKalb can get a coupon good for a discount at upcoming pet adoption days sponsored by the animal shelter.

The coupon can cut up to half the cost off adopting an animal in need of adopting.

This is our kind of progressivism. One fantastic organization helping another, encouraging people to do two great things for the “price,” or lack thereof, of one. So why is this particular brand of goodness so important? Here are the facts, Jack:

• Every year in the United States, almost five million people are saved by blood transfusions.
• According to the ASPCA: “Five out of ten dogs in shelters and seven out of ten cats in shelters are destroyed simply because there is no one to adopt them.”
• Someone needs blood in the United States every two seconds.
• Between 5 and 9 million animals in shelters are euthanized each year.
• Approximately 20% of all patients entering hospitals require blood.

We’ll cover both subjects on Wednesdays, but in the mean time, if you’d like to help out the Red Cross, just click this sentence. And if you’d like to help out your local ASPCA, just click this sentence.

(And because we’re kinda fans of this organization too, if you’d like to help out Progressive Wednesday, just click this sentence.)