To make an appointment on-line, please use this link: Redcrossblood.org, then when you see Schedule Now, use the Code:Amanda –that will take you directly to the St. Catherine appointment page. Amanda Aldrich, an 8th grade student in Simsbury, is active in youth ministry, and loves her family and friends, sports, and just being a teen. Amanda also has an extremely rare autoimmune disease, CIDP (chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy). In order to treat this condition, Amanda receives an infusion of healthy human antibodies (derived from blood plasma) every 6 weeks. Please consider donating blood.