get more people to donate blood!

I wish more people would get out and donate blood. I go about every two months, and yesterday made m y 21st or 22nd donation. I started up a Partners for Life program at work, to invite and encourage the people at my company [over 100 staff] to go out and donate, and I got about 9 donors last year. 9. Well, at least it is over the average of 3 percent, but come on!

The problem is, I don't know how to cajole people in a nice way, I am not one of those people who is always smiling and surrounded by people clamoring for my attention. Well, not outside of the classroom anyway. So I have a hard time getting people to come out and give on a regular basis.