Blood Drive
BLOOD DRIVE UPDATE!
We can’t thank you enough for your overwhelming response to our Annual Blood Drive on Sunday, March 20, 2011!
We screened 80 people! (53 had signed up and 39 were walk-ins) A grand total of 66 units were donated this year! In comparison, last year 46 units were donated. This was the BEST year ever!
The Central PA Blood Bank field supervisor said that our church by far holds the largest and best Blood Drive in the Harrisburg area. Thanks to all of you!
If you didn’t get a chance to donate on March 20, or would like to do so again; you can donate any time, every eight weeks, at local Blood Donor Centers. Our annual goal from CLA is 147 units. Just tell the staff when you donate that you want it credited to CLA’s account. A list of Donor Centers is available at the Event Information Displays in the Main Lobby. For more information, visit www.cpbb.org.
May the Lord bless you richly for giving the “Gift of Life!”
Did you know…?
- Forty-four percent of the population are eligible to donate but only about seven percent do
- One pint of blood can save up to as many as four lives
- The shelf life of a unit of blood is only 35 days
- The average male has between ten and twelve pints; whereas a female has between eight and ten pints of blood You are able to donate blood every eight weeks
- There is no substitute for human blood. Donors are the only source.
- Every three seconds someone somewhere needs blood. Chances are you won't know this person, but tomorrow, it could be your friend, your neighbor, or even a family member.
IF YOU NEEDED BLOOD TODAY WOULD IT BE THERE?
