Mets Winter Blood Drive, Thursday 10am - 5pm

by Eric Simon on Jan 4, 2012 8:20 PM EST

If you're in the area — or even if you're not — swing by Citi Field on Thursday to give blood. You'll get a couple of tickets to a Mets game and 15% off Mets merch (20% off if you have season tickets), but you'll also have taken part in a selfless act of charity which will cost you nothing but your time. Someone else gets a pint of your blood and you're no worse off since that blood will be replenished by your body in short order.

Official details are after the jump.

The Mets will host their annual Winter Blood Drive for the New York Blood Center on Thursday, January 5, in Citi Field's Caesars Club from 10 am to 5 pm (Hodges VIP Entrance). Parking is available in Lot G located on 126th Street.

Donors must be 17 years of age (16 with parental permission), weigh at least 110 pounds and be in good health. Fans donating blood will receive a voucher redeemable for a pair of tickets to a select Mets game in April 2012 (bring ID with photo or signature) and a coupon to receive 15% off regularly priced merchandise at the Mets Team Store on January 5, 2012, only. Season Ticket Holders who donate blood will get 20% off regularly priced items upon showing their Season Ticket Holder ID card. The Mets Team Store will be open from 10:00 am until 6:00 pm.

Call 1-800-933-BLOOD for more information.

Give the gift of life, give blood.

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My favorite card in my wallet

is the “Gallon Club” ID card from the New York Blood Center.

If I’m not working, I’ll try to swing over from NJ.

"Hey Paul, re..remember when you were in The Beatles? That was awesome."

by Five-Tool Tool on Jan 4, 2012 8:45 PM EST reply actions 3 recs

I live about 10 minutes from the stadium and would otherwise be working from home

so I’ll probably swing by. besides, I gotta by my newborn niece her first ever Mets stuffed animal anyway (gotta start her young b/c insanely her parents moved to Braves country, and I don’t want to be related to any Braves fans!); I might as well not pay full price, since the Mets aren’t paying full price for anything these days either!

by BurleighGrimes on Jan 4, 2012 10:17 PM EST reply actions

I'm sitting in Citifield having just donated!

Green this post, my friends.

by BurleighGrimes on Jan 5, 2012 3:11 PM EST via mobile reply actions 3 recs

What is this 'jump' I see mentioned so frequently on Amazing Avenue (and nowhere else)?

by Curtis3331 on Jan 7, 2012 1:06 AM EST reply actions

'After the jump' means you can see it after you click on the story.

It’s like ‘below the fold’ in newspapers.

"And that's why anybody who invested with Lenny Dykstra should really call that number. Lawyers are standing by."

by BobbyV_Incognito on Jan 7, 2012 2:03 AM EST up reply actions

Except that there's no clicking necessary; the story's right there.

All ‘the jump’ is, is three little asterisks to set the top paragraph or two apart from the rest. Everything is on one page — header, story, comments. No clicking needed.

But thank you for explaining.

by Curtis3331 on Jan 8, 2012 4:39 AM EST up reply actions

It applies only if you're reading on the front page.

"And that's why anybody who invested with Lenny Dykstra should really call that number. Lawyers are standing by."

by BobbyV_Incognito on Jan 8, 2012 12:22 PM EST up reply actions

This may be a stupid question…

…and this thread may fall off the board before I see a reply, but where is the front page? I get here by clicking on a list of the five most recent threads (posts) that appears in the right-hand column of my Yahoo! Sports page. That takes me directly to each article. I didn’t know there was any other way to get here.

by Curtis3331 on Jan 9, 2012 1:03 AM EST up reply actions