June’s blood drive was an incredible display of the Heritage family generosity and a much-needed boost to Central Ohio’s blood inventory.  Through your efforts, we had 43 donors sign in and were able to collect 41 life-saving units of blood, 4 of those from first-time donors!  Do you realize that every unit has the potential to save three lives?  Every unit is seperated into plasma, platelets and red blood cells- and each of those products can be transfused into three different patients.  This means that you have come together to potentially touch the lives of 123 people!  THANK YOU! 

The August blood drive is set for Tuesday, August 24^th.  We will need help on the day of the blood drive, but most importantly, we are going to need your help recruiting donors.  We have contact information for those who have already participated in the mobiles at Heritage for you to reach out to, and we strive to add folks who have never donated before, or who haven’t donated in a while.  The Red Cross has offered us a host of tools to use, our volunteers to ensure that the next drive is a success as well. 

If you would like to volunteer as a recruiter or at an upcoming blood drive, please contact Sally Payne. We wouldn’t be able to serve our patients without the help of volunteers like you, and we are grateful.  THANK YOU! 

Thanks to all who participated in our Spring Blood Drive on April 6, 2010. We had 28 donors and were able to support the Red Cross Columbus Blood bank with 25 units of blood and 3 units of double red cells. Each unit of blood can save up to 3 lives, so that’s over 75 people touched by your donations.  

Thanks also to those who donated their time and talents checking people in, cooking and caring for ones who gave blood.

Our next Blood Drive is scheduled for Tuesday, June 15, 2010 from 1pm - 7pm in the auditorium. Our goal for the Summer Blood Drive increase our donors to 35, so we will need your support. To schedule to give blood at our June 15, 2010 blood rive, please go to www.redcross.org and use sponsor code “heritagechurch”.

Project Green Light will be offering a Human Trafficking 101 class at Upper Arlington Lutheran Church (Lytham Rd. campus) on Saturday, April 10th, 2010, from 9:30am - 10:45am. Topics covered will be a general introduction to domestic human trafficking and Ohio specific issues. If God is moving your heart for this issue, but you don’t feel like you know enough about it, please join us. 

If you are already a member of a Green Light team, but feel stuck trying to figure out next steps, Julie Clark, Education Director for Doma International will be available until 11:30 to help teams brainstorm ideas and answer questions.

To RSVP or with questions, please contact Julie Clark.

Also, please take this oppotunity to sign the “Not for Sale” petition to tell Congress to fund crucial programs to combat Human Trafficking in the United States and make our community safe for children and familes.