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Let It Flow on Aug 27 11:00am - 4:00pm
Club Members Express Their Need for a Blood Drive


"My nephew was around 25 when he came home from work the day before Thanksgiving about 10 years ago and his mother noticed his skin color was weird. She asked him to go to the doctor. The doctor immediately sent him to the hospital. He had leukemia. He spent so much time in the hospital near death hooked up to so many tubes. He had whole body radiation to try to kill the leukemia in his blood. He had so many blood transfusions he can't recall how much blood they gave him. Eventually he had an anonymous donor for a bone marrow transplant. He was given a 70% survival rate. BUT, he recovered and lives a wonderful life. He has since met his donor. Blood donations and a bone marrow donation saved his life! It is so important to donate...you may save a life!!!"  Karen Schwank

Our effort to host the blood drive led President Lynne to write, "This is exactly why our club is so special." Variant Brewery's Michael Curling has been very involved in Roswell Rotary's past blood drives, offering "A pint for a pint" and sharing his personal story about the importance of donating blood. When our club needed a location for the Aug 27 blood drive and his location couldn't handle it, Michael reached out to Gate City Brewery's Pat Rains and made arrangements for Gate City to host our blood drive.  That's a great club and great club members.

Please reserve 60 minutes on Aug 27 to donate.  The online reservation system will be set-up and shared in next week's Rotoscope.  For more information, contact Hal Schlenger.


Posted by Hal Schlenger
August 4, 2020 11:00am

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