Thank You Columbus! -
Another successful drive

Saturday July 24, 2010
40 Pints collected

New activity in Iraq and Afghanistan is putting our troops
at risk . We must make sure that they have blood to
support their needs.

The next Columbus blood drive is scheduled for:
Sunday, September 26th.
Let's go to work with the great Marine veterans and supporters of
American Legion Southway Post 144,
The American Legion Ohio 12th District, and the U.S. Army Reserve,
to collect blood to ship directly overseas to Americans
in uniform fighting for us.

(Poster Link)

Please; Help us support the troops. Donate blood to the Armed Forces. They're defending our freedoms in far away lands. Let's let them know that we support them over here.
And oh, bring your appetite too!  There will be some warm grub.

While walk-ins are always welcome, we encourage you to pre-register. This is important, because remember, the military are giving to their own as well. Pre-registering helps with traffic flow, so that we can keep your wait to a minimum.

If any other ASBP blood drives in Central Ohio get scheduled, they will be listed on this website (See Schedules tab at top left)

Please go to the NEW ASBP Calendar page at:

http://www.militarylifeforce.com

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Local Radio Show Promotes the ASBP

On Wednesday June 16th, radio talk show host and newspaper columnist Ann Fisher did one of her daily radio talk shows ("All Sides") on supporting the troops in Central Ohio. The show, which was broadcast live at 11 a.m. on WOSU-AM (820 on the AM dial), featured Rick Isbell of the Mayor's Office of Veteran Affairs, Pete Margaritis of the American Legion, Roger Bock of the MCFSC, and Veterans Ambulatory Care Center Public Affairs Officer Al Burzynski. Among other things, the guests discussed the Armed Services Blood Program and the wonderful drives for the troops here in Central Ohio.

Working with The Columbus Dispatch, Ann was one of the two original reporters whose article (July 23, 2007) helped stir enough controversy about the public not being able to donate blood to the military to coerce the Department of Defense into changing its 55-year old policy (See Col. Dispatch)