MY FIRST BLOOD RUN.

We would never presume to say that we have saved a life, but we would be very proud to think that we have made a difference.
 How good would it make you feel? It`s a good feeling for me!!

The meeting was at Hartshead WMC on Friday 10th October, as the call came through I was already getting my jacket on, we were told that 10 units of blood were needed at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, for a little girl that was undergoing an operation and was of a rare blood type.

The adrenaline was pumping and I had to calm myself as I started up the bike. Slight confusion at the end of the lane as, in heightened state, my brain was struggling to compute the quickest route to the M62.
Of course! . . . . left down to Cleckheaton, then straight for Seacroft Blood Transfusion Service Unit . . . . I arrived 21.00hrs
 
About 5 minutes to pick up and strap the package on securely with three bungee's,  then a steady ride back to Leeds on the A64 at 40mph. Then hit a steady 90 on the M62 back to Ainley Top to deliver to the Huddersfield Royal Infirmary at 21.33hrs

I felt very good on reaching home and felt proud to think that I had made a difference in the recovery of someone, especially a `small` someone.

I am proud to be the Huddersfield Rider Manager of Whiteknights EVS and I urge you to take the bike and feel the buzz . . . . of making YOUR difference.

Regards to all, Martin Garside

I am the founder and chairman of an Emergency Volunteer Service called Whiteknights, we are based in Huddersfield and we transport to hospitals in West Yorks, blood, biopsy samples, tissue, platelets patient records, and anything that will legally fit on a motorcycle, this service is a free to the hospitals.
We use ex MoD and police ST1100’s fully fitted with blues and twos, we work 1900hrs to 0700hrs, all our riders and dispatchers are volunteers.
Volunteers please contact me on 07973 652 651 or have a look at our website at:
www.whiteknightsevs.org
I am a lapsed member of NPR Membership no. 893
Thanks and regard; Vic Siswick, Chairman, Whiteknights Emergency Volunteer Service.
Registered  Charity No. 112 4510