If your New Year’s resolutions included finding small ways to do good more frequently, the American Red Cross has some ideas for you. You — yes, you — are needed, right now.

A glance at the organization’s website reveals an alert that there is an “EMERGENCY NEED for type O blood” because winter weather has caused a decline in donations.

There’s even a pitch that if you donate by Jan. 4, you will receive a Red Cross long-sleeved t-shirt; and if you give blood before Jan. 31, you can earn points to be used toward rewards.

Local opportunities to give blood include:

* First United Methodist Church at 101 1st St. in Parsons, Dec. 29 and March 30 from Noon to 5 p.m. each day.

* Orchard Hall at 476 Harper Road in Elkins, Jan. 14, Feb. 11 and March 11 from Noon to 5 p.m. each day.

* Davis & Elkins College’s Madden Student Center in Elkins, March 19 from Noon to 5 p.m.

* West Virginia Wesleyan College’s Benedum Center Social Hall, at 59 College Avenue in Buckhannon, Jan. 29 and March 26, 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.

* Way of Holiness Church, at 2337 Old Weston Road in Buckhannon, Feb. 5 from Noon to 6 p.m.

* Chapel Hill United Methodist Church at 88 S. Kanawha Street in Buckhannon, March 9 from Noon to 5 p.m.

Generally speaking, donors can give blood approximately every 56 days, up to six times per year. Platelet donors can give every seven days, up to 24 times per year. And “AB elite plasma” donors can give every 28 days, up to 13 times a year.

On the other hand, there ARE some reasons a person cannot donate, or donate as frequently. Check the eligibility requirements here: redcrossblood.org/donate-blood/how-to-donate/eligibility-requirements.html. There’s a good chance there’s nothing stopping you.

But the Red Cross does more than provide blood services. The organization also needs volunteers and financial donations. Human help is required for its disaster relief efforts, international work and the support it gives military families.

A person could do worse than deciding to make blood/blood product donation and support of the Red Cross a regular habit. Consider whether you are able to resolve to do just that.