Posted on February 9, 2012 at 7:16 am“Heart disease takes the lives of far too many people in this country, depriving their families and communities of someone they love and care for—a father, a mother, a wife, a friend, a neighbor, a spouse.” – Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius February is Heart Month, and unfortunately, most of us… Continue reading
The Community Blood Center of the Carolinas (CBCC) is in the midst of its Fourth Annual ‘Pints for Pounds’ campaign to support Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina. CBCC will donate seven pounds of food for every blood donation through February 29. Since the ‘Pints for Pounds’ campaign began in 2009, CBCC has been able… Continue reading
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 7:26 amWhen you donate blood The Community Blood Center of the Carolinas you are helping to save patients’ lives right here in our community. Fortunately we can share the stores of how your blood donations save their lives. Here is one of hundreds of the local lives that have been saved by blood donors like you. As a wife,… Continue reading
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 12:53 pmCongratulations to our two January Sponsors of the Month – Mt. Vernon Baptist Church and Helping Hands of Baxter Village. Mt. Vernon Baptist Church usually sponsors one blood drive per year. However, when we called Mae Stamey, blood drive coordinator for Mt. Vernon Baptist Church, about the low supply of blood for our local hospitals,… Continue reading
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 1:05 pmElevation Church, in conjunction with over 25 other area churches, is holding the Third Annual Love Week , February 11-19. The goal of Love Week is to come together as a community and contribute over 50,000 hours of community service. Last year, volunteers served over 30,000 hours and helped beautify parks, clean schools, feed the… Continue reading