Every year, hospitals and ER’s require hundreds of thousands of units of blood. Natural disasters like Hurricane Isaac have a double impact; they raise the need for blood, and at the same time, make it impossible for people in the areas affected to donate themselves.

Without donations from blood drives, lives are directly put at risk. Ten minutes of your time could save a life.

You can donate whole blood, platelets, or red blood cells. All of these are in vital demand. …

Herein the Monday blood drive figures and the final numbers for the whole convention.

Monday:

• 388 people attempted to give whole blood.
• 309 people successfully donated.
• 290 units of blood drawn, 848 units of blood processed.

For the whole convention:

• Total People Registered: 3449
• Total People Drawn: 2938
• Total Units Drawn: 2754
• Total Units Processed: 8039

That’s an almost 400-person increase from last year! Thank you to everyone who came out to donate and a huge thanks to all the blood drive volunteers!

Our numbers are continuing to smash last year’s, but we’re slowing down! Keep on bleeding!

•  615 people attempted to give whole blood.
• 494 people successfully donated.
• 1,193 successful units of whole blood gathered.
• Our three-day total is 2,379 people!

 Lucienne Diver, Michelle Young, and Kaylan Doyle are three writers covering the entire range of speculative fiction, from Lucienne’s series’ on Greek gods, and vampires, to Michelle’s adventures in her medieval world, and Kaylan’s mix of science fiction and fantasy. They kindly agreed to sit down with the us to answer some questions after visiting the Blood Drive.

Daily Dragon (DD): Welcome to Dragon*Con! How are you enjoying it?

Lucienne Diver (LD): Loving it! Everyone is …

We are smashing last years numbers! Dragon*Con people are the best bleeders!

• 878 people attempted to give whole blood.
• 777 people successfully donated resulting in 2,249 units of blood gathered.
• 752 successful whole blood gathered.
• Our two-day total is 1764 people!

Y’all rock. Keep it up!

Best known to TV audiences as Zhaan in Farscape, Virginia Hey now dedicates her time to teaching meditation across the country as well as perfecting her own line of soy candles and perfumes called Virginia Hey Couture. She sat down with the Daily Dragon to talk about acting, natural remedies, and the importance of meditation.

Daily Dragon (DD): How hard was it to take a break from acting after Farscape?

Virginia Hey (VH): It has been so strange! My whole world revolved …

Thank you all you wonderful people who let the LifeSouth vampires suck out your life juice!

Our 2010 donor numbers were:

• Thurs: 553
• Fri: 628
• Sat: 529
• Sun: 581
• Mon: 269
• Total: 2560

The Donations:

• Red Cell: 2267
• Aph: 2542
• Plasma: 2542
• Total: 7351

That’s nearly 1000 units more than last year!

Thank you for making the blood drive a success. Please come back again next year! We’ll have new t-shirts, more swag, and more ways to say “thank you”!

Dragon*Con has boldly gone where no one has gone before.

Dragon*Con has broken the world record for the largest gathering of Star Trek costumes (pending confirmation). The current record was set at 543, and our initial count puts our attempt at 571. These numbers will be submitted to Guinness World Records for verification and authentication.

Live long and prosper!

Fantastic drive so far, my fellow hematolagniacs! The vampires that secretly run Dragon*Con thank you!

Our numbers to date:

• Thursday: Registered 644; Drew 556
• Friday: Registered 712; Drew 628
• Saturday: Registered 650; Drew 539
• Sunday: Registered 691; Drew 580

Totals: Registered 2697; Drew 2303

One more day to donate! Please come give a pint and save a life or 2000!

650 people registered. 539 units drawn. Please encourage your friends to donate. Every unit saves a life!

Blood drive ice cream social tonight! Skyline Level of Marriott (10th floor) from 8 to 10PM. Blood drive t-shirt gets you in!