Partnering with the American Red Cross

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Partnering with the American Red Cross
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Who We Are

• The American Red Cross is a humanitarian
  organization
• with a rich tradition of community service.
• We are committed to serving our communities, and
  we
• rely on businesses, places of worship, schools
  and other
• organizations to help ensure our nation has a
  safe,
• adequate blood supply.

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What We Do

• The Red Cross provides blood for patients in
  need,
• collecting more than 40 percent of the nations
  supply.
• Single largest blood supplier in the United
  States
• Trusted provider for patients in more than 3,000
  hospitals
• National blood inventory management system
• Participate in Rare Donor Registry

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What We Do

• Other lines of service
• Disaster Services Each year the Red Cross
  responds to more than 75,000 disasters locally,
  nationally and worldwide. These services are
  free, a donated gift of the American people.
• Armed Forces Emergency Services The Red Cross
  operates an around-the-clock, around-the-world
  emergency communication network for the men and
  women of the armed forces and their families.

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What We Do

• Health and Safety Outreach- The Red Cross has
  offered health and safety education for more than
  90 years, helping to save lives and strengthen
  communities.
• International Humanitarian Services A global
  network works to restore hope and dignity to the
  worlds most vulnerable people.

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Who We Serve
Who We Serve

• More than 38,000 blood donations are needed
• everyday to treat patients in need. Patients like
  Elise.
• Elise was born with a life-threatening
  heart defect. In order to save her life,
  Elise had to undergo an eight-hour surgery to
  fix her heart defect. She required 22 units
  of whole blood and clotting factors to make
  her body strong enough for surgery.

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Who We Serve

• The Red Cross National Inventory Management
  System (NIMS) ensures the consistent availability
  of blood and blood components throughout the
  country.
• Local hospital needs are always met first.
  However, through our national network, we can
  quickly move blood around the country as needed.
• By donating to the Red Cross, donors may be
  helping patients not only in their community, but
  also their family and friends across the nation.
  

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Who We Serve

• Hospital patients undergoing surgeries and
  treatments
• can require various amounts of blood products.

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Blood Facts
Becoming a Partner

• By partnering with the Red Cross, you are
• Ensuring an adequate blood supply is available to
  those in need.
• Aligning yourself with one of the largest, most
  trusted non-profit organizations in America.
• Showing the community how much you and your place
  of worship care.

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Blood Facts
Becoming a Partner

• How will partnership benefit your place of
  worship?
• Your congregation will be helping to save lives
  in your community and beyond.
• Provides your congregation education about blood
  products and blood needs.
• Provides volunteerism opportunities for your
  congregation.
• Blood drive can bring your congregation together
  to help fulfill spiritual and social needs.

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Blood Facts
The Bottom Line

• While there is hard work and dedication involved
  in
• partnering with the Red Cross, you wont do it
  alone. And
• the Red Cross and the patients we serve need you!
  
• Thank you to all of the donors who
• help people like Elise, who so
• desperately need a second chance
• at life.
• -Terri Punke, Elises Mom

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Blood Facts
The Bottom Line

• But dont just take our word for it.
• We at Blackhawk believe that giving blood is a
  demonstration of our
• commitment to serving others in our community and
  provides a blessing to
• our congregation in knowing what we are doing
  helps save lives. Hosting
• blood drives draws us closer together, providing
  us another ministry
• opportunity that the Red Cross makes it easy to
  achieve.
• -Wayne Morris, Blood Drive Coordinator,
  Blackhawk Evangelical Free Church