In the US you can donate blood once your 17.
To donate bone marrow, they put you under w/ a general anesthetic, then proceed to stick about a foot long needle into your pelvic bones and lower spinal area to extract liquid marrow. The site said "minor" pain or soreness for a few days, but you should be back on your feet in about a week.
WHen a site says minor, you know they're lying.
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