NSMC Blood Drive 2018

Blood Drive: Save a Life Today
by Robyn Marlow

Sometimes you say something so many times, it’s meaning loses impact. We have all heard that giving blood is “giving the gift of life to another person”. But we have heard that so many times we rarely stop to put a name or a face behind the people whose lives have been saved.

The mothers who needed a blood transfusion during a complicated childbirth, whose children would otherwise grow up without a mother. The children with severe anemia who might never reach adulthood. Or the survivors of car accidents or natural disasters whose lives would have ended tragically if not for the generosity of blood donors right here in the Delta.

Blood Drive This Friday, March 30

11:30 am – 5:30 pm

This Friday, March 30, Mississippi Blood Services will come to Ruleville to hold a blood drive at North Sunflower Medical Center. To help put a name and a face to this incredibly important effort, we asked Dana Whitfield Kirk to tell her story of how her life was saved after a car accident when she was 19 years old.

Mississippi Blood Services’ mobile blood drive van will be outside North Sunflower Medical Center Friday, March 30 from 11:30 am to 5:30 pm. Anyone who is at least 17 years old, over five feet tall, weighs more than 110 lbs, and is healthy and feeling well can donate blood. Drinks and snacks are provided. You can find more information on our NSMC Facebook page.

There are two ways you can help make this blood drive successful:

1. Take an hour and 15 minutes out of your day to donate blood.
2. Forward this blog post to anyone who you think would be able to do the same.

Thank you for all you do to help North Sunflower Medical Center continue to provide the best healthcare possible. And thank you for doing all you can to help give the gift of life by donating blood.