ADVISORY/600 More Donors are Needed At Special Saturday, January 8, 2000 Bloodmobiles.Assignment Editors/Health/Medical Writers ADVISORY..for Saturday (Jan. 8) --(BUSINESS WIRE) Drives Scheduled in Bucks Bucks: see Buckinghamshire. , Montgomery, Chester, Delaware, Atlantic, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer mer·cer n. Chiefly British A dealer in textiles, especially silks. [Middle English, from Old French mercier, trader, from merz, merchandise, from Latin merx and Ocean Counties The American Red Cross American Red Cross: see Red Cross. needs 600 more donors to sign up for extra bloodmobiles to be held in the area on Saturday, January 8, Red Cross Save-A-Life Saturday. Everyone participating in a Save-A-Life bloodmobile blood·mo·bile n. A motor vehicle equipped for collecting blood from donors. will receive an American Red Cross "Buddy Blood Drop" beanbag bean·bag n. 1. A small bag filled with dried beans and used for throwing in games. 2. A small folded bag filled with lead pellets, used as ammunition in a stun gun. 3. doll as a token of appreciation. Save-A-Life Saturday is held annually to boost blood supplies at a time when the holidays and flu season
Blood donation is a process by which a blood donor voluntarily has blood drawn for storage in a blood bank, generally for subsequent use in a blood transfusion. are lagging Lagging Strategy used by a firm to stall payments, normally in response to exchange rate projections. behind the need. Sign-ups for blood drives this week were short of the 1200 donors needed daily. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Stuart Myers, MD, professor and chairman of surgery at Temple University Hospital, this can be one of the busiest times of the year because patients who were able to go home for the holidays are returning for surgery this week. Blood donations are required to support cardiac and joint surgery. Most healthy people who are at least 17 years old and who weigh 110 pounds or more are eligible to give blood. In New Jersey, seventeen-year-olds must bring an American Red Cross parental consent Parental consent laws (also known as parental involvement or parental notification laws) in some countries require that one or more parents consent to or be notified before their minor child can legally engage in certain activities. form signed by their parent or legal guardian to the blood drive. Federal regulations require donors to wait 56 days between donations. Please bring some form of ID. The Red Cross delivers lifesaving blood around the clock, and provides on-call medical and laboratory support to physicians and their patients in approximately 100 hospitals in southeastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey thanks to the generosity Generosity See also Aid, Organizational; Kindness. Abbé Constantin self-sacrificing priest; curé of Longueral. [Fr. Lit.: The Abbé Constantin, Walsh Modern, 105] Amelia takes interest in Paul. [Br. Lit. of healthy volunteer blood donors. To find a blood drive or donor center near you, or to learn more about donating blood, call the American Red Cross at 1-800-GIVE LIFE (1-800-448-3543) or visit www.pleasegiveblood.org.
Save-A-Life Saturday Bloodmobile Locations: January 8, 2000
Bucks County
Saint Paul's Lutheran Church
Fellowship Hall
301 N. Main Street
(Main & Spruce Street)
Doylestown, PA 18901
Hours: 8:00 a.m.- 1:30 p.m.
Masonic Temple
Edgewood Road
1st Floor, All-Purpose Room
Yardley, PA 19067
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Atlantic County
Margate Community Church
8900 Ventnor Avenue
Fellowship Hall, 1st Floor
Margaret, NJ 08402
Camden County
Sacred Heart Church
11 North Black Horse Pike
Mount Ephraim, NJ 08059
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Holy Family Center
226 Hurffville Road
Hall
Turnersville, NJ 08012
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Gloucester
The Rock Church
Espalande & Edgmoor Avenue
Sanctuary
Pitman, NJ 08071
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Mercer County
Cranbury First Aid Squad
68 Maplewood Avenue
Meeting Room
Cranbury, NJ 08512
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Ocean County
Kimball Medical Center
600 River Avenue
Conference Rooms A,B,C
Lakewood, NJ 08701
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Chester County
Sheraton Hotel
707 Lancaster Avenue
Oxford Room
Frazer, PA 19355
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
First United Methodist Church
751 E. Lancaster Avenue
Senior Center
Downingtown, PA 19335
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
First United Methodist Church
800 South Main Street
Fellowship Hall
Phoenixville, PA 19460
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Delaware County
Cardinal Krol Center
1799 South Sproul Road
First Floor Gym
Springfield, PA 19064
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Montgomery County
I.B.E.W. No. 380
3900 Ridge Pike
Union Hall, First Floor meeting room
Collegeville, PA 19426
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Radisson Hotel
Route 363 & First Avenue
Adams Room
King of Prussia, PA 19406
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Days Inn
245 Easton Road
Horsham Room
Horsham, PA 19044
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Upper Dublin High School
800 Lock Alsh Avenue
Fort Washington, PA 19034
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
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