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Third Annual “Battle of the Badges Blood Drive”

Milford's Bravest or Milford's Finest - will receive "bragging rights."

“Battle of the Badges Blood Drive”
“Battle of the Badges Blood Drive” (Red Cross)

The Connecticut Epilepsy Advocate and The Connecticut Chapter of the American Red Cross invite you to join us at our Third Annual “Battle of the Badges Blood Drive” We encourage as many of you as possible to please register in advance to “Donate the Gift of Life” at our “Third Annual Battle of the Badges Blood Drive”. It takes place on Friday, April 30, 2021, from 8:30 am to 6:00 pm. Please encourage your family members, friends, co-workers, or whoever else to donate. This is a friendly competition where one team – Milford’s Bravest or Milford’s Finest - will receive “bragging rights.” Upon check-in, simply select a box on the form stating which department (team) you are donating for. No matter who wins this competition it will be fun, and more importantly, it will help so many people receive “The Gift of Life”. Naturally, we would like as many of you as possible to donate to all of our Blood Drives. We need 175 to be registered before March 31, 2021, so we are encouraging you to register now – yes, NOW - for each of our Blood Drives. The number of donors we get keeps growing. Once again, it takes place on Friday, April 30, 2021, from 8:30 pm to 6:00 pm, Woodruff Family YMCA 631 Orange Avenue in Milford. Donors must be 17 or above and meet our height and weight requirements. We are always looking for newbies – Please Tell Three Others! Remember to raise your Iron Level a minimum of Four Days Before Every Blood Drive by having eggs including omelets, Flintstone Vitamins, Red Meat, Seafood, 18 Oreo cookies, Welch’s Grape Juice, Root Beer Soda, Whole milk. Please register now by calling (800) 733-2767 or go online at www.redcrossblood.org You can also download our app by texting BLOODAPP to 90999. We thank every one of you in advance!

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