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Roswell Celebrates Five Years of Quarterly Blood Drives

Sometimes a club just gets lucky.  We have some dedicated folks within the Roswell Rotary Club who come in with an idea and then stay committed to it for years. This May marked the fifth anniversary of our Quarterly Blood Drive supported by the American Red Cross. May 2, 2019 was the first of now 18 blood drives championed by Roswell Rotarians Darrell Bartlett and Hal Schlenger.  In that time, 575 pints of blood have been collected helping more than 1600 folks (one pint can help up to three people.)

Finding momentum through COVID, the blood drives are now a branded entity in Roswell with the slogan:  A Pint for a Pint.  As a thank you, a donor is given a business card when checking in for a free pint of beer at one of our local breweries:  Gate City Brewing or Variant Brewing.  Not only do our club members donate their blood/platelets, but it also serves as a marketing and membership recruiting effort for the wider community.  Through the constant and dependable blood drives typically hosted at one of our RRC members’ locations, Darrell & Hal have had 61 folks donate blood for the first time and have recognized one of our members, Michael Curling, for donating his 100th pint!  THANK you, Darrell, Hal and the rest of your Blood Drive crew.

Posted by Becky Nelson
June 3, 2024

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