Thanks to those who supported the Red Cross Blood Drive held at St Mark on March 24th, our most successful blood drive in over two years! We had 29 donors, including three first time donors, for a combined total of 31 units of blood donated!Two donors used the Power Red donation, which uses a machine to remove the platelets from the donated blood and return the plasma to the donor. A Power Red donation results in three units of red blood cells per donation, and the donor is not dehydrated after donating. As each blood donation can help up to three recipients, the donations that day can help over 90 people in need.
Lafayette Church of Christ is going to add our next blood drive to their worship notices and bulletins, and with the support of their pastor, will try to get 10 additional donors to our next blood drive, scheduled for May 19. With the recent success and now commitment to help from Lafayette, we’ve raised our goal for the next blood drive to 30 units and 42 appointments. It only takes a moment to make an appointment to donate on redcrossblood.org, and the time you spend donating may save a life.
We look forward to seeing you there! Thanks to Linda Smith, Valerie Steiner and Lauren Arnet for stepping up to help coordinate and run the blood drive.
Keith Monteith
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