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Community Cares Blood Drive Cares

Fanwood Presbyterian Church is sponsoring a Community Cares Blood Drive on Saturday, December 7, 2013 from 8:00am to 3:00pm at the New Jersey Blood Services Donor Center, located at 2279 South Ave. Scotch Plains NJ. Donors age 16 or older are urgently needed.

One out of every three persons will need blood or blood components at some time during their lives. Yet fewer than one in ten persons eligible to give blood ever do so. Donated blood has a limited shelf life. It is important to maintain an adequate supply this holiday season. Donors must satisfy weight criteria, be in generally good health and have a valid photo ID. 16 year olds must furnish a signed parental consent form and persons age 76 or older must furnish medial clearance.

Won’t you consider giving a life saving gift this holiday season? This gift that will cost you nothing other than a small amount of your time. As an extra incentive, if the goal set for this drive is met, donors will have their names entered into a raffle for a chance to win a football jersey with the team of their choice. Additionally, all donors at this drive, and other drives between now and mid-January, will be entered into a sweepstakes for a chance to win a pair of Super Bowl XLVIII Tickets.

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You can schedule an appointment to donate blood at the Fanwood Presbyterian Drive on December 7th by calling Kris Adams at (908)-889-7361. You can also leave a message for Kris with your name and phone number at the church office, (908)-889-8891 For additional information, you can contact New Jersey Blood Services at 1-800-933-BLOOD or visit www.nybloodcenter.org.

Thank you in advance for your generous support and good luck in the raffles!

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