Urgent Call for Help: Donors Needed for American Red Cross Blood Drive on 8/6/15 in Grafton Area of Yorktown, Virgina

Hello all,

Grafton Baptist Church and the American Red Cross are hosting an upcoming blood drive.

Please join our lifesaving mission and schedule an appointment today!

Drive Details:
Site: Grafton Baptist Church
Address: 5440 George Washington Highway, Yorktown, VA, 23692
Room Name: Fellowship Hall
Date: Thr Aug 6, 2015
Time: 2:00: PM – 7:00: PM
Coordinator Name: Jeremy Turnock
Coordinator Phone Number: 7572879870
Click here to make an appointment

The American Red Cross has just issued an URGENT needs blood donors of all blood types, especially those with types AB, O negative, A negative and B negative, to help prevent blood shortages this summer. Please use the below key messages when encouraging donors to make an appointment to donate during this critical time. Walk-ins are always welcome. Please come and give the gift of Life!

The need for blood is constant and only volunteer donors can fulfill that need for patients in our community. Nationwide, someone needs a unit of blood every 2 to 3 seconds and most of us will need blood in our lifetime.

Thank you for supporting the American Red Cross blood program!

American Red Cross Blood Services – 2025 E St. NW, Washington, DC, 20006

Daily Press Editorial Staff Continues to Impress

Make it two consecutive days that the Daily Press editorial team has impressed me.  Yesterday they wrote of the recent failure on the part of the GOP.  (See immediate preceding blog post).

Today, they share their criticism of the York County Board of Supervisors / administrator for announcing a real estate tax hike on already financially reeling citizen tax payers.  I could not agree more with their admonishment.

Digby Solomon the publisher and Rebeeca Troyer the Editor of the editorial page both deserve credit and positive acknowledgement for their willingness to provide relevant and provoking commentary that is so unlike the majority of mainstream media outlets.

The societal struggles we currently face are doomed to perpetuate unless leaders of our communities are willing to boldly face the brutal facts of our current situation and bring light to the problems  when they need to be aired.  What Mr. Solomon and Ms. Troyer are doing with their editorials the last two days is nothing short of heroic leadership for their community.  I hope they continue to be a leading voice of reason as it will spark the debates needed to advance the solutions.

Here is their opinion today.  http://www.dailypress.com/news/opinion/dp-edt-yorkbudget-editorial-20120222,0,1773062.story