Bleeding for Insurance and Rhode Island

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Recently, the Astonish Results social media team ventured to Rhode Island’s capital city to donate blood as part of a Rhode Island Blood Center “Tweet ‘n Greet” event that leveraged the power of Twitter and Facebook to bring in blood donors. Aside from just giving blood, Astonish used the opportunity to do some fact-finding as we plan on doing our own company-wide blood drive later in the year.

In what could possibly be the coolest blood drive venue ever, the Johnson & Wales Culinary Museum played host to the event offering free admission and refreshments to everyone who donated. Surrounded by culinary and foodservice artifacts spanning hundreds of years, the museum provided a shot of fun for blood donors who had time to nosh tasty treats and play skee ball while recovering for the customary 10-20 minutes.

To get some perspective on how the Rhode Island Blood Center is faring, community manager Nick Brown spoke to the Director of PR and the Director of IT about the efforts across the state and how the program is growing. Please enjoy the video interview below.

Astonish Results’s social media team also spent some time exploring the J&W Culinary Museum. Their exploits are shared in a slideshow below.

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