[RBS] Fw: Details about the upcoming Greater Beit Shemesh Blood Drive

[Yossi Klein]

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Sent: Tuesday, October 9, 2012 10:46 AM
Subject: Details about the upcoming Greater Beit Shemesh Blood Drive
 

Dear Everyone,
 
If you haven't done so already, please mark your calendars for the Greater Bet Shemesh Blood Drive IN JUST A FEW DAYS! Every donation is vitally important! YOUR donation could save up to four lives!!! 

Here are the details:

DATE: Sunday, October 14, 2012 (Or L'29 Tishrei 5773) 
This drive has been on the Community Calendar since June! No excuses!!! 

TIMES: 17:30 to 22:30 

PLACE: Beit Knesset Feigenson, Nofei Aviv (downstairs in the Ulam Smachot)

WHO: Healthy adults ages 18 to 65 (17 with a parent's note). Other restrictions apply. For details, see our website at www.shemesh.co.il  - click the Teddy Bear!

WHAT TO BRING: Teudat Zehut, Passport, Driver's License

WHAT NOT TO BRING: Please leave your adorable children at home. We don't provide babysitting and a blood donation center can be a dangerous place for small children (especially while their parents are donating blood). Arrange a babysitter or swap with a neighbor - you can watch their kids while they donate and they'll watch yours while you donate!

FOOD: We are overjoyed to provide Oogies Cookies at this Blood Drive! YUMMY!! You can find Oogies products at Super Hatzlacha in the Givah and at Best Market and Deal V'Zol in RBS A. On Fridays, you can also find Oogies breads, cakes, and cookies at the bakery in Moshav Li-On/Srigim. Enjoy!! Thanks to our Sponsors for this yummy upgrade in our snacks!

RIDES: Rides to/from the drive can be cheerfully arranged. Please contact me if you'd like a ride. Get a group together and we'll bring all of you!! We've provided rides from as close as the Sheinfeld neighborhood and as far as Netiv HaLamed Hey...so far!

SPONSORS: This blood drive is generously sponsored by Wendy and Phil Serlin l'ilui nishmat Wendy's father, Myron Friedman, Z"L and by Joe and Deb Weisblatt in honor of our granddaughters.

REMINDERS: If you'd like a personal phone call and/or email reminder, please contact me.

ADI: There will be an Adi table at the drive for anyone who wants information about organ donation or to sign up to be a donor. (This is not connected to the blood drive. You can come to the drive to donate only, or to find out about Adi/sign up only, or both.)

TIP OF THE WEEK: Note that BOTH MEN AND WOMEN are now tested for Hemoglobin levels. If you have trouble with your iron count (Hemoglobin), go to the Kupat Cholim today thru Thursday this week and ask your doctor for a CBC (Complete Blood Count). It is one small tube of blood and the results usually come back within a day. Get a printout and bring it to the drive. If the Hemoglobin level is 12.0 or higher (for women) or 13.0 or higher (for men), MDA will honor this result and will not test you at the drive! (If the result is lower, come anyway - you never know...you could test 12.0/13.0 or higher at the drive!)

BONUS TIP OF THE WEEK: Keep eating those dark green veggies, flax seeds, sesame seeds, tehina, sushi (or anything with a sea vegetable), and meat to help raise your hemoglobin level!

We'll see you at the drive!

Please check out our website for a list of Frequently Asked Questions - www.shemesh.co.il/bd/BloodDriveQandA-2.html . 

As always, if you have ANY questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact me. If I don't know the answer, I'll refer you to the nice folks at MDA who do!!

Kol Tuv,

Deb Weisblatt
(for the Greater Beit Shemesh Blood Drive Committee)
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