Blood Donation Drive

From Bob Roe:  As part of the July 4th day, the Health Department and Fire Dept. are sponsoring a blood drive.  The van will be parked on Valley Street in front of Town Hall.  There is something patriotic about donating blood.  Then you have an excuse to each a lot of hot dogs and apple pie.


Thanks, Bob! Do you have approximate hours for the truck?


from Bob Roe:  The mobile blood bank is open 10am-3pm.  Many local blood banks have now joined a nationwide system call Vitalant.  Call 877-25-VITAL for appointment or do it online.  About half the openings are taken, so thank you to all who donate.  

They are giving out a free T-shirt that looks pretty good.  You can upgrade your summer wardrobe.  


Bump:  One day I am going to make a list of all the medical needs for blood and thus the need for donations.    


from Bob Roe:  in looking over the donation schedule for today, it appears that there are seven openings as of 10:30am   Mostly around 1:00pm.  


from Bob Roe:  We exceeded our modest goal of 11 to make 14 donations.  Thanks to all who donated.  As I noted before, I am going to compile a list of the many needs for donated blood.  I think we will all be surprised.  If you know of some, please start the list. 



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