Tuesday, August 24th, 2010 – Open to the public, kids welcome!

Radisson Expo Center, 700 Elm Street, Manchester

10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

 

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010 – Corporate Challenge Day!

Radisson Expo Center, 700 Elm Street, Manchester

10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

 

REMEMBER: To be eligible to donate on August 24 or 25, you must have donated blood no later than 56 days prior to August 24. 

 

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“Donating blood is a priceless act of generosity.  What’s even better?  It costs nothing but time to make a donation.  I look forward to personally greeting each and every donor this August,” said Stephen Singer, president of Merchants Automotive Group and chairman of the Gail Singer Memorial Blood Drive Committee.

 

“Thank you to all of our sponsors, partners—and especially the donors—who continue to make this drive successful year after year,” he added.  “My sister-in-law would be proud.”  Stephen Singer

 

Did you know ....you are now eligible to donate blood at the age of 16?  With parental/guardian permission (http://www.newenglandblood.org/nh/sixteen.htm), more and more high school students are helping to save lives!  To thank New Hampshire’s youth for making a blood donation, all donors ages 16-18 will receive a free $10 iTunes gift card at the GSMBD!  

FREE registration for those interested in joining the National Marrow Donor Program will be held in conjunction with this blood drive!

Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation is a nonprofit organization that maintains a bone marrow donor registry of over 160,000 potential volunteer donors, and a public cord blood bank containing over 1,000 cord blood units.  To date, Gift of Life has facilitated over 2,100 transplants to patients suffering from a host of genetic diseases, from leukemia to lymphoma, who are in desperate need of life-saving transplants.

 

Gift of Life is North America’s only registry whose original mission was to recruit donors from within the Jewish community, in order to overcome the devastating effects of family bloodlines severed during the Holocaust, thereby leaving people today no other recourse than to search the unrelated donor pool for a match.  Since tissue-type is inherited, like hair or eye color, a patient’s best chance of finding a genetic match lies with donors of similar ethnicity.

 

Realizing, however, that there are so many patients of all backgrounds in need of unrelated donors for life-saving transplants, Gift of Life has expanded its mission and encourages everyone to come out and join the registry!  It is reported that one in every 200 Americans will receive a transplant with marrow, blood stem cells or cord blood in their lifetime.  One in 400 will require cells from an unrelated donor, as only 30 percent have a relative who is a match.  There is an urgent need to grow the registry of potential donors so that all patients have an equal opportunity to receive a transplant.

 

Testing is fast and painless, involving only a simple cheek swab.  Eligible donors must be between the ages of 18 – 60 and in general good health.  Gift of Life’s vision is simple – a match anytime, anywhere, for anyone in need.

 

For further information about Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation please visit the website at www.giftoflife.org or call 1-800-9MARROW.

Archive 2009

Press Releases

July 28, 2009-The 26th Annual Gail Singer Memorial Blood Drive Only Weeks Away

New England’s largest drive aims for 1,500 donors!....read more....

August 4, 2009-Local Businesses Challenge Others to Donate Blood August 26

New England’s largest drive aims for 1,500 donors!    read more....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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