• WagnasT@iusearchlinux.fyi
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      1 year ago

      Many places will give you gift cards, donating plasma also has the effect of reducing pfas in your blood (allegedly) and you get real money.

      • Unaware7013@kbin.social
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        4
        ·
        1 year ago

        Interesting. I’ve only ever donated whole blood to the Red Cross, and they explicitly said they don’t do any kind of reimbursement when I asked. But that was a decade ago while I was donating plasma and needed the extra money and couldn’t take not being able to do ate for a few months.

        • QuikxSpec@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          edit-2
          1 year ago

          Oneblood offers jncentives to get more people to donate. Not much but about $200 per year + donation themed clothing, blankets, towels locally. Platelets get about $250. These numbers are getting lower each year

        • WagnasT@iusearchlinux.fyi
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          1 year ago

          You can get paid way more for plasma, the places where I live take hours though so it may not be worth it. I just donate whole blood and Oneblood gives me gift cards and swag, the double walled water bottles last time were surprisingly good quality, and probably lined with pfas.

        • FoxyFerengi@lemm.ee
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          1 year ago

          I donate whole blood to the red cross regularly, they give out 5-10 dollar gift cards now (at least in my area). There’s the option to donate it back to them, which I always do