{"id":4307,"date":"2012-06-06T00:00:19","date_gmt":"2012-06-06T00:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.brethren.org\/news\/?p=4307"},"modified":"2018-11-03T20:18:16","modified_gmt":"2018-11-03T20:18:16","slug":"annual-conference-blood-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2012\/annual-conference-blood-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"Conference Blood Drive Is a Way to Reach Out to Host City"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo by Eddie Edmonds<\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brad Bohrer (left) in caped persona of Annual Conference blood drive coordinator, invites people to give blood last year at the 2011 Conference in Grand Rapids, Mich.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

The annual blood drive is being planned again for the 2012 Annual Conference in St. Louis, as a way Brethren may give back to the host community.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe Brethren have been quietly giving blood at Annual Conference for years, leaving over 220 pints in Pittsburgh and just over 140 in Grand Rapids,\u201d said coordinator Bradley Bohrer, pastor of Crest Manor Church of the Brethren in South Bend, Ind.<\/p>\n

Bohrer has been told by host locations that the Brethren who attend Annual Conference \u201calways give far more blood than any other groups that come to the city, including other church groups!\u201d he reported. \u201cLast year, we outgave one of the local hospitals\u201d which was having a blood drive at the same time as the Conference drive. \u201cThe Michigan Blood people had to shift staff from the hospital to us due to volume, even with our lower numbers,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The Annual Conference blood drive is carried out in cooperation with the American Red Cross and Brethren Disaster Ministries. A Red Cross release that has gone out to publicize the blood drive was titled, \u201cHop in the Pool this Summer, the Blood Donor Pool. Don\u2019t Sweat it!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCurrently, only 38 percent of the United States population is eligible to donate blood,\u201d the release said. \u201cOf those eligible donors, only about eight percent actually give blood. . . . Someone in the US needs blood every two seconds and 44,000 units of blood are needed for transfusions daily. That\u2019s why it\u2019s important to attract new donors to the donor pool and encourage current donors to give blood every 56 days.\u201d<\/p>\n

A blood donor card or driver\u2019s license or two other forms of identification are required. Donors must be in general good health, weigh at least 110 pounds, and be at least 17 years old (16 with completed Parental Consent Form). New height and weight restrictions apply to donors 18 and younger.<\/p>\n

The best times to donate at the 2012 Annual Conference will be Monday, July 9, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. or Tuesday, July 10, from 8 a.m.-5 p.m., at the America\u2019s Center Exhibit Hall 2. Everyone who attempts to donate will receive a free t-shirt, while supplies last, and a chance to win a Gibson guitar.<\/p>\n

There will be a table for registration and to sign in to volunteer at the blood drive on Saturday and Sunday, July 7-8, in the Annual Conference registration area. \u201cLook for us and sign up!\u201d invites Bohrer.<\/p>\n

To schedule an appointment to donate during the Conference, call 1-800-RED CROSS or visit www.redcrossblood.org<\/a> and enter sponsor code: brethren. For more information about the blood drive call 574 291-3748 or e-mail bradleybohrer@sbcglobal.net<\/a> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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