Community Corner
Sudbury Blood Drive
On Saturday August 10th 2013, a blood drive will be held at Our Lady of Fatima Parish (160 Concord Rd, Sudbury MA) through Boston Children’s Hospital from 9 am to 3 pm.
Your one donation can help the lives of up to three people.
Please sign up to donate blood! If you can't donate, please spread the word or contact me to help volunteer to sign donors in.
You must be at least 16 years old to donate.
To learn more about the blood drive visit:
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https://sites.google.com/site/sudburyblooddrive/
To sign up right now to be a donor, visit: (The sponsor code is FATIMA)
Find out what's happening in Sudburywith free, real-time updates from Patch.
https://www.halfpints.childrenshospital.org/index.cfm?group=registration
This blood drive is a part of Krystal Kallarackal’s Gold Award project which also includes creating a documentary on the need for blood donations.Give Blood. Give Life.
Facts:
Five million patients will need blood this year.
More than 44,000 blood donations are needed every day.
The number of blood donations collected in the U.S. in a year: 16 million (2006).
The number of blood donors in a year: 9.5 million (2006).
The number of blood donations collected in the U.S. in a year: 16 million (2006).
The number of blood donors in a year: 9.5 million (2006).
Among Red Cross donors in a given year, 19 percent donate occasionally, 31 percent are first-time donors, and 50 percent are regular, loyal donors.
Facts courtesy of the Red Cross.
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