ADVISORY/American Red Cross Dedicates New Blood Donation Bus.Assignment Editors/Health/Medical Writers ADVISORY... for Tuesday Tuesday: see week. (April 17) --(BUSINESS WIRE)
WHAT: Blood recipients and American Red Cross volunteers help
dedicate a gift to the community --- a new Red Cross blood
donation bus at a brief ribbon-cutting ceremony. The first
donor will give blood on the bus.
WHY: Blood is essential to the practice of modern medicine. The
ceremony is an opportunity to reflect on the lifesaving
mission of the bus and to call for more people give blood. The
Red Cross is committed to increasing blood donations to meet
the growing need in the region.
WHEN: Tuesday, April 17, 2001
11:00 am - 11:30 a.m.
WHO: Stanley C. Roberts, Executive Director, Penn-Jersey Red Cross
Region
Christine and Jack Stoddard (Recipient)
Ali Slusarczyk (Recipient)
Darielle Brown (Recipient)
Tim and Elizabeth Pesce, Jameson Pesce, Mark Washburn, Diana
Slaymaker, Barbara Washburn (Financial Contributors)
WHERE: American Red Cross
700 Spring Garden Street
Philadelphia, PA 19123
WHAT ELSE: The 40-foot long bus will serve as a traveling reminder of the reason why blood donations “Give blood” redirects here. For other uses, see Give blood (disambiguation). 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 needed. The sides are adorned a·dorn tr.v. a·dorned, a·dorn·ing, a·dorns 1. To lend beauty to: "the pale mimosas that adorned the favorite promenade" Ronald Firbank. 2. with the pictures of people who have been helped by blood donations. It will travel to blood drive sponsors throughout 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, bringing with it everything needed to run a blood drive. It has built-in built-in - (Or "primitive") A built-in function or operator is one provided by the lowest level of a language implementation. This usually means it is not possible (or efficient) to express it in the language itself. donor The party conferring a power. One who makes a gift. One who creates a trust. donor n. a person or entity making a gift or donation. DONOR. He who makes a gift. (q.v.) beds and interviewing rooms, and can comfortably accommodate between 50 and 60 donors depending on the length of the blood drive. It will be used at business and community organizations that lack sufficient space in their buildings to hold a blood drive. The bus will be dedicated to the memory of Louis Louis, titular duke of Burgundy Louis, 1682–1712, titular duke of Burgundy; grandson of King Louis XIV of France. He became heir to the throne on the death (1711) of his father, Louis the Great Dauphin. C. Washburn, a life-long Red Cross volunteer who was passionate about the blood program. For more information about where to give blood, call 1-800-GIVE LIFE or visit www.pleasegiveblood.org. |
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