By researching the origin of the Red Cross and analyzing some of the problems faced by the organization, I hope to be able to persuade you to donate your time or blood whenever possible. The Red Cross has always needed blood donors of all types, and in the beginning of their blood drives they faced quite a few problems. Blood donors who were sick, recently pierced, or tattooed were the majority of the donors that brought in contaminated blood. In a few instances, before there was screening of blood

donors, diseases were spread through blood transfusions.

I have researched only a little bit about the Red Cross. I used the schools library database to find articles and web sites about the Red Cross. I chose to use this database because I am sure that the libraries sources are scholarly and legitimate. I have been pretty successful in finding my information on the Red Cross. I found an interesting article in the “New York Times”, which I have not read yet, but I have scanned. I found another newspaper article from the Houston Chronicle that concerns one of the problems that the Red Cross has faced. My final source is the official Red Cross website. On this site I have found a history of the organization and a mission statement that is very informational. Again, at this point I have only quickly scanned these sources. Over the next couple days I will be researching deeply into these articles and web sites in order to write my research essay. All of the resources are fairly recent, withing the past 5 years.

My next step is to dig deeper into these sources and report on them in my final essay. I would like to interview either a volunteer of the Red Cross or somebody who is directly related with the Red Cross. My roommate is an

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