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JULY 2021
LIFEBLOOD
By Darryl Gowlett, Member #53 Well, it’s official. We finally have our own Club as a Lifeblood team. I have been donating since 1983 when a fellow Member asked me if I was afraid of needles. Hah! Not me. I was an invincible young motorcyclist that was chafing at the bit to get out there and face the world head on. However, I was a tad sceptical about being stabbed, as history reminded me that there was some discomfort in past interactions with the medical fraternity. So, off to the blood bank in Eagle Street we went. It didn’t hurt, at all, and we got free coffee, and a biscuit, and free parking in the city. Over all these years the Red Cross has actively asked donors to nominate a Club that they would like their donation recorded against, so different organisations can compete with one another in scoring brownie points for the most donations. I always tried to get our Club registered as we had many Members that I knew of that donated, but over the years we’ve always had to register as the BMW Club of Queensland. So those four wheeled fairies have been using our points to puff out their chests even more. So, a couple of years ago, I had a discussion with the local receptionist in Springwood where I donate, and she said she could change it. She did, and all my donations have been recorded for ACTBMWMC since, as that was the only BMW motorcycle club registered with the Red Cross. Cont, page 29
