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Proud to serve as the only blood supplier to your community hospitals.

Serving Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Lehigh, Luzerne, Montgomery,
Northampton, Philadelphia and Schuylkill (PA) and Warren (NJ) counties.

Earn Your Blood Buddy Patch

Criteria

• Troop will view "My Blood Your Blood" video, which explains the importance of blood donation
• Troop will tour the Blood Center, or have a guest speaker on the importance of blood donation
• Troop will sponsor a blood drive, according to the MKBC "Planning a Successful Blood Drive" brochure
• Troop will recruit a minimum of 30 blood donors, netting a minimum number of 23 successful units of blood
• Troop will perform one or more of the optional enhancements to a blood drive
  • Greeters
  • Childcare
  • Refreshments for donors/staff
  • Donor raffle
  • Wear MKBC mascot "Buddy the Blood Drop" costume at the scheduled blood drive (optional)
• Troop will design, with the assistance of the Blood Center, their own special donor "thank you" letters

Meet all requirements, and earn a pizza party for your troop!

For more information, contact Marsha Springel in Bethlehem, Lois Gassert in Reading, or Marie D'Amato in Hazleton.

Miller-Keystone Blood Center is an independent, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization that serves as the only supplier of blood products to 24 hospitals in Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Lehigh, Luzerne, Montgomery, Northampton, Philadelphia and Schuylkill (PA) and Warren (NJ) counties. Established in 1971, Miller-Keystone Blood Center is an affiliate of Hospital Central Services, Inc.