The Rotary club of Killeen, Texas along with support from the Rotary clubs of Harker Heights, Killeen-Heights, Killeen Evening and Copperas Cove hosted the 2nd annual Pints for Polio Blood drive. The drive is held in conjunction with World Polio Day, and the mission is saving lives locally and impacting polio globally. The drive is a dual faceted campaign to collect blood and raise money for Polio Plus. Rotarians are encourage to support the campaign in 1 of 3 ways.
- Donating Blood and/or
- Donating $10 to their clubs Polio Plus club and/or
- Solicit a sponsor to match funds for units (ie donate $10 per unit of blood collected)
This year we collected 38 units which will help over 110 lives at local hospitals. The combined club effort also raised over $2000 towards Polio Plus.
2016’s campaign collected 22 units, helping save 66 lives and raised over $3000 towards Polio Plus.
