{"id":56826,"date":"2014-07-13T15:00:29","date_gmt":"2014-07-13T19:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=56826"},"modified":"2014-07-13T08:53:51","modified_gmt":"2014-07-13T12:53:51","slug":"assemblyman-stirpe-hosting-lifesavers-blood-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=56826","title":{"rendered":"Assemblyman Stirpe hosting Lifesavers Blood Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Al-Stirpe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-43068\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Al-Stirpe-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Al Stirpe\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>(Cicero, NY \u2013 July 2014) Assemblyman Al Stirpe (D-Cicero) announced he will be hosting his 8th\u00a0annual Lifesavers Blood Drive in conjunction with the American Red Cross on\u00a0Tuesday, July 15, from\u00a0noon to 8 p.m.\u00a0at Driver\u2019s Village, 5885 E. Circle Drive in Cicero.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiving blood can make the difference between life and death. This will be the eighth year our community has come together to donate blood and help save lives,\u201d\u00a0said Assemblyman Stirpe.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Give-blood.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-53129\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Give-blood-300x140.jpg\" alt=\"Give blood\" width=\"300\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Give-blood-300x140.jpg 300w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Give-blood-150x70.jpg 150w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Give-blood-400x187.jpg 400w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Give-blood.jpg 538w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0Over 40,000 pints of blood are transfused each day in the United States to save livesand every two seconds someone in the United States needs blood. An estimated 38 percent of the U.S. population is eligible to donate, yet less than 10 percent actually do so each year. Blood drives are an essential way to collect blood in communities and 80 percent of the blood given to the Red Cross is donated at blood drives.<\/p>\n<p>Assemblyman Stirpe began hosting the blood drive as a way to honor his father, who sponsored similar yearly blood drives in the village of Clyde for over 20 years. His father taught him the importance of donating blood on a regular basis, and now Assemblyman Stirpe is encouraging the community to join him in giving blood at this year\u2019s blood drive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery day this summer is a chance to give a lifesaving gift,\u201d\u00a0said Kay E. Schwartz, CEO of the Red Cross New York-Penn Blood Services Region. \u201cMaking a blood or platelet donation with the Red Cross is an easy way to extend hope and help ensure lifesaving blood products are available for patients here in our community and across the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This year, the goal is to collect more than 150 pints of blood. To register for the blood drive, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/LifesaversBloodDrive\" target=\"_blank\">tinyurl.com\/LifesaversBloodDrive<\/a>\u00a0or contact Assemblyman Stirpe\u2019s office at 452-1115 or\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:StirpeA@assembly.state.ny.us\" target=\"_blank\">StirpeA@assembly.state.ny.us<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Cicero, NY \u2013 July 2014) Assemblyman Al Stirpe (D-Cicero) announced he will be hosting his 8th\u00a0annual Lifesavers Blood Drive in conjunction with the American Red Cross on\u00a0Tuesday, July 15, from\u00a0noon to 8 p.m.\u00a0at Driver\u2019s Village, 5885 E. Circle Drive in Cicero. \u201cGiving blood can make the difference between life and death. 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