ADVISORY/A Lasting Act of Charity to Celebrate the End of an Era: Give Blood December 31.Assignment/News Editors ADVISORY...for Friday Friday: see Sabbath; week. Friday young Indian rescued by Crusoe and kept as servant and companion. [Br. Lit.: Robinson Crusoe] See : Servant (Dec. 31) --(BUSINESS WIRE) The American Red Cross American Red Cross: see Red Cross. , NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. 10 and Commerce Bank ask you to celebrate the end of a century with a lasting act of charity, by giving blood at a special "Holiday Hero" blood drive on Friday, December December: see month. 31. December 31is a holiday for most, but the American Red Cross says the donations are essential to ensure uninterrupted care for patients in area hospitals and trauma centers trauma center n. A medical facility that is designated to treat severe physical trauma as a result of the specialized training of its staff and the availability of appropriate diagnostic and treatment tools. . "Giving blood is truly a unique and lasting act of charity. You could touch up to three lives for the better with your one donation, and help up to three people fight a life-threatening illness," said Scott Murphy, MD, chief medical officer of the Penn-Jersey Region of American Red Cross Blood Services. Holiday bloodmobiles will be held at eight locations in southeastern Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (pĕnsəlvā`nyə), one of the Middle Atlantic states of the United States. It is bordered by New Jersey, across the Delaware River (E), Delaware (SE), Maryland (S), West Virginia (SW), Ohio (W), and Lake Erie and New York and New Jersey on December 31. For their convenience, donors are asked to schedule their donation in advance by calling the Red Cross at 1-800-GIVE LIFE. NBC 10, the exclusive television partner of the American Red Cross "Holiday Hero Blood Drive," urges people to give blood the year round, but especially now, when donations are needed the most. Commerce Bank asks donors to join the Commerce 2000 Club of volunteers who can be counted on to save lives now and through the year 2000 when the need for blood is urgent. Everyone participating in the December 31 blood drives will receive a Commerce 2000 T-shirt and "C" coin bank. 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 on-call Hospital practice adjective Referring to a status in which a physician can be reached and arrive at the hospital within 30 mins of being paged 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. For more information about donating blood and where to give, call the American Red Cross at 1-800-GIVE LIFE.
Friday, December 31, 1999
8:30AM - 1:30PM
Holiday Hero BLOOD DRIVE LOCATIONS
PENNSYLVANIA NEW JERSEY
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Pleasantville Donor Center
505 North York Road 850 N. Franklin Avenue
Hatboro, Pa 19040 Pleasantville, NJ 08232
Longwood Fire Co. Medford United Methodist Church
1001 East Baltimore Pike 2 Hartford Road
Kennett Square, Pa 19348 Medford, NJ 08055
Hampton Inn Jackson Fire Department
1329 Bristol Pike 75 Miller Avenue
Franklin, Liberty and Jefferson Rooms Jackson, NJ 08057
Bensalem, Pa. 19020
Beth T'Fillah Synagogue Bordentown Senior Comm. Ctr.
Basement 3 Municipal Drive
7630 Woodbine Avenue Bordentown, NJ 08505
Philadelphia, Pa. 19151
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