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Area residents are invited to help address the need for blood and support area first responders during the Battle of the Badges Blood Drive, which will be held at the Pritchard Community Center in Elizabethtown on Friday, June 20 from noon until 5 p.m.
“It’s just kind of a friendly competition between our police, fire, and EMS to actually raise awareness about the need for blood and to see how many community and family friends will come in, and who will they support,” said American Red Cross Account Manager Tammy Ritchie.
Participants will select which department they wish to support when they sign in. Special incentives are available to participating donors.
“As our way of saying thank you, Amazon is going to give a $15 gift card to every donor that comes out and participates, and they will be able to get a Battle of the Badges t-shirt,” Ritchie said.
Ritchie says the need for donations is urgent, especially from Type O donors.
“With the summer months beginning, we are here,” Ritchie said. “People are traveling so people aren’t donating. Our high school and college donors are between 25 and 30 percent of our blood supply. Most of them are not in, so we will see a dip here very soon.”
Schedule an appointment for the Battle of the Badges Blood Drive by visiting www.redcrossblood.org and entering sponsor code BOBElizabethtown, or by calling 1-800-RED-CROSS.
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