I LOVE my job

I thought about my job for a while and came to the conclusion that I absolutely love it.

I am fortunate enough to work in the Public Relations Department of a Blood Service in the Western Cape.  Our company consists of about 600 employees.  The job descriptions vary from Promotions and PR, to clinic teams and transport, to lab staff and blood banks, to accounts and purchasing, to IT, to regional offices and many more.

Every day I am able to go to work with a song in my heart, as I know that by doing my little part in the office today, I will be aiding in saving someone’s life.  Although it’s not a direct way of making the difference, I am helping the process along to get to the end result.  I sometimes wonder if the rest of the staff thinks about it in this way. 

In my job I meet wonderful, ordinary people who knowingly (or unknowingly) save up to three lives each time they donate an unit of blood.  I was privileged to meet a blood donor last week, who donated his 200^th unit of blood.  It takes approximately 33 years to donate 200 units of blood, given that the donor donated six times each year.  His first donation was on 5 October 1962.  This is quite a milestone and not many people can reach this number of donations.

I am honored and proud to be part of a team working in the cause of saving lives.  It will be a very tough decision once I have to move along to greener pastures.