<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span></span></div><div><br></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2">----- Forwarded Message -----<br><b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> "dweisblatt@vmware.com" <dweisblatt@vmware.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Beit Shemesh List <list@shemesh.co.il><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, October 24, 2011 12:44 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Blood Drive Stats and Thanks<br></font><br>
<div id="yiv1975795095"><style type="text/css">#yiv1975795095 p {margin:0;}</style><div><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;"><div><font class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2">Dear Everyone:</font></div><div><font class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2">The 34th Greater Beit Shemesh Blood Drive brought in an amazing 149 pints of life-saving blood!!! Thanks to EVERYONE who came and donated!!! (Check out the statistics from all the drives - http://www.shemesh.co.il/bd/BloodDriveStatistics.html.) The MDA staff is VERY impressed and thankful...as always!!! Since each pint saves/helps between one and four people, our community just saved/helped between 149 and 596 people! Kol Hakavod L'Kulam!</font></div><div><font class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font
class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2">We had many first-time donors and we're especially proud of their efforts and donations! We also had many families - parents and their Young Adults, husbands/wives, and siblings who came to give together! I'm so glad that the Blood Drive is considered by some to be a quality family outing.</font></div><div><font class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2">A REALLY GIGANTIC THANK YOU TO...</font></div><div><font class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2">* The people who came and, for whatever reason, couldn't donate. If you can get to MDA in Yerushalyim within the next month to give, that would be great and you'll still be on schedule for the next drive in Beit Shemesh. If you can't get to
MDA, we hope you'll try again at the next blood drive. (See the details at the end of this email.)</font></div><div><font class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2">* Wendy and Phil Serlin, who sponsored the drive </font><span class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:small;">l'ilui nishmat</span><font class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"> Wendy's father, Myron Friedman, Z"L, and </font><span class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:small;">Rachelle and Danny Goodman in honor of their son David's Bar Mitzvah and l'ilui nishmat Rachelle's father, David Regal, Z"L. May they always be zoche to participate in Mitzvot like this!</span></div><div><span
class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:small;"><br></span></div><div><span class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:small;">* Oogies who donated a portion of the YUMMY cookies! </span><span class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:small;">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!! </span></div><div><font class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2">* Ruth Posner for her efforts at the Adi table. 12 people signed Adi organ donor cards and many took information home to
review! You can sign up on-line at</font><font class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <span class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 139);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.health.gov.il/transplant" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 139);text-decoration:none;cursor:pointer;">www.health.gov.il/transplant</a></span>.</font><font class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"> The need is great, so don't wait! (Also, thanks to Ruth who helped out at the food tables last night.)</font></div><div><font class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2">* The guys from Yesodei HaTorah (and Dvarya Katz who helped organize them) and the women from Machon Ma'ayan (and Elisheva Storch who helped organize them) </font><span
class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">who came to donate</span><span class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">. We're happy that you can come and donate blood during your year of learning and we hope to see you at the next drive.</span></div><div><font class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2">* The Va'ad of Beit Knesset Feigenson for giving us the big, comfortable Ulam Smachot and making sure that it's nice and clean! AND to all of the R/BS Gabaiim who announced the Blood Drive in Shul!!</font></div><div><font class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2">* The shul reps who hung posters in their shul. I'm sure that many people in shul saw those posters and came to
donate blood.</font></div><div><font class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2">* All of the families of the Beit Shemesh Blood Drive Committee members and helpers (see below) for always supporting us in our efforts to bring blood donation to Beit Shemesh. You certainly share in this Mitzvah, along with the donors and extra helpers.</font></div><div><font class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2">* The people who helped with this drive in so many different ways. We have a wonderful committee (see below) who help plan and execute the drives. But for this drive, we had extra people who stepped in and gave a helping hand. They include (in no special order): (I apologize to anyone whom I may have forgotten to mention!!! All of your contributions were
very, very important!!!)</font></div><div><font class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"> * Purchasing - Adina Weisblatt, Rachel Weisblatt</font></div><div><font class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"> * Setup - Sruli Stein, Ben Weisblatt</font></div><div><font class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"> * Blood Pressure - Bracha Hammer, </font><span class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">Moriah Pashkof</span><font class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2">, Yehudah Schwartz, Izzy Bromberg, Reuven
Harrow, Eliav Wohlfarth</font></div><div><font class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"> * Donor Support - Atara Klein, Yael Weisblatt</font></div><div><font class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"> * Registration - Yael Weisblatt, Maryon Hamburger</font></div><div><font class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"> * Food Distribution - Wendy Serlin, Rachelle Goodman</font></div><div><font class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"> * Drivers - Atara Klein, Yael
Weisblatt</font></div><div><font class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><br></font></div><div><span class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">And last but not least, a WHOPPING Thanks to the hard-working Blood Drive committee for all of their work with this drive. I sign the emails, but the Blood Drives are certainly not a one-woman effort. The committee members help with setup and cleanup, filling out and putting up posters around town, calling/emailing/SMSing people to remind them about the drive, buying and dispensing food, transporting donors to and from the drive, helping donors at the drive, photographing for potential newspaper articles, taking blood pressure/checking hemoglobin, managing registration, directing traffic, supporting the MDA people, and just ensuring that everything runs smoothly. For the October 2011 drive, these committee members include (in no special order): Leslie
Feinberg, Ruchie Bromberg, Elke Kagan, Reuven Eliaz, Bracha Shoshan, Yossi Klein, Ruth Posner, Randi Lipkin, Shirley Denkberg, Jay Wolf, and Chaim Friedman. Tizku L'Mitzvot!</span></div><div><font class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2">Stay tuned - the date for the next drive is Sunday, February 5, 2012. More details to follow. Check out the web site - http://www.shemesh.co.il/bd/index.html - for complete information about blood donation and the Beit Shemesh drives.</font></div><div><font class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2">Have a very safe, healthy, and rainy winter!</font></div><div><font class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" face="Arial"
size="2">Deborah Weisblatt</font></div><div><font class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2">Beit Shemesh Blood Drive Committee</font></div><div><font class="yiv1975795095Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></div></div></div></div><br><br></div></div></div></body></html>