Category: Blood Drive

Fall Blood Drive

Post author By Alice Lebow
Post date August 21, 2020

St. Philip will host its annual Blood Drive on October 12 from 10am-4:00pm and October 13 from 1:00pm to 7:00pm. These dates are to accommodate the large number of donors the St. Philip drive serves while maintaining social distancing practices.

Please note that because of COVID-19 NO WALK-INS WILL BE ACCEPTED. All donors must make appointments. To schedule an appointment, you may go to redcrossblood.org and search for blood drives in 24019 zip code or contact Debbie Kanode at dwkanode@comcast.net. We are excited for this opportunity to serve our community!

“It feels good to save a life.”

Blood Drive

26 Years of Life Giving Ministry

Post author By Alice Lebow
Post date February 26, 2020

For the past 26 years one of the most gratifying ministries at St. Philip has been a semi-annual blood drive held in May and October each year. Started by St. Philip members Margaret Mitchell, Ruth Farmer, Virginia Cassell, and Helen Miller in 1993, blood drives hosted by St. Philip Lutheran have collected a total of nearly 9,000 units of blood and have saved over 26,500 lives.

St. Philip Lutheran’s next blood drive is Monday, May 11, 2019, 11:30am – 7:00pm. The last day to donate blood elsewhere and still be eligible to give whole blood at St. Philip is March 10.

Please consider donating blood. Extend an invitation to your neighbors, friends, and colleagues to donate on May 11.

Lots of help from the congregation is needed to make sure the blood drive will be a success. Please look for a sign up sheet in the gathering space later in March or speak to Debbie Kanode to volunteer.

IT FEELS GOOD TO SAVE A LIFE!

Blood Drive Ministries

Blood Drive Thank You

What an amazing group of people at St. Philip! The semi-annual blood drive on Monday, October 16 collected 96 pints of blood! It was certainly a team effort to handle all the task that had to be done. So many folks commented they loved the food, missed Margaret Mitchell and Louise Jargowsky, and would come back to us as long as they could. This is such a strong time honored community ministry that the congregation at St. Philip should be very proud to be a part of.

A BIG THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CONNTRIBUTED.

“IT FEELS GOOD TO SAVE A LIFE”