Rotary District 5810 - one of the two districts in North Central Texas,
The 2008-09 figure equals the amount of donor blood needed - in general - to improve or save the life of potentially 18,285 patients. 52 of the districts 63 club took part in the blood drive program in 2008-09.
Both the tally for 2008-09 and for the first month of 2009-10, however, are lower than projected, according to George Elking. The final score for last year was eight per cent from reaching the goal, set by DG L.B. Showalter. Compared to most recent years, this April's blood collection, in which 15 of the district's 63 club went out for donor blood, was also lower than expected.
"We need your club's help to reach this year's donation total of 6610 units. Please work with your club's Blood Drive Chair to see if your business, church, school or Police and Fire Departments would be willing to jointly sponsor a blood drive? This effort takes support from all club members to make things happen", the blood donation chair states at the district's website. The 2009-10 goal is set by Dave McSpadden as Governor-elect.
The district's prize for 2008-09, the Mark Healy District Award, went to the defending champs,
"My thanks goes to their president, Randy Plumlee, and the entire Plano Sunrise club for their great effort of support to collect 1435 units of blood," George Elking states at the district's website.
A large segment of Plano Sunrise Rotary Club's total donations comes from the annual
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Since 2003, District 5810 has collected over 29,000 units of blood - the amount needed in general to save or improve the life of potentially more than 87,000 people. The three blood centers Carter BloodCare, American Red Cross and
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Footnote: George Elking can be contacted at gelking@aol.com. He also serves as Secretary for Global Network for Blood Donation.
Editor's note: District 5810 is comprised geographically of eight counties: Collin,