Pilot Knob Rotary Blood Drive (left to right): Robson resident Jack Kearney (donor) and Web Bliss
Pat Henderson
The Pilot Knob Rotary Club provides the Robson community the opportunity to support Carter BloodCare with blood donations throughout the year. At the year-end blood drive on Nov. 16, a total of 34 units of blood was donated, bringing the total donations for 2024 to over 135 units. Donors at this drive included four married couples and one mother and daughter. You can make these events family affairs!
America has the safest and most abundant blood supply in the world. According to Carter BloodCare, one in seven patients entering a hospital may need blood, plasma, or platelet transfusions. This ranges from trauma victims to patients battling sickle cell disease or thalassemia, or to ensure a successful organ or bone marrow transplant. Cancer patients use 25 percent of all blood donations, and blood transfusions are needed in one out of every 83 newborn deliveries in America today, a rate that increased by more than 50 percent between 2006 and 2015.
The Pilot Knob Rotary Club thanks each of the current and past donors who contributed to these life-saving efforts. A special thanks to the Robson Ranch Denton HOA for allowing us to host the blood drives.
Mark your calendars now for blood drives scheduled during 2025: Jan. 18, March 22, May 17, Sept. 13, and Nov. 15.