submitted by Gail Smith
Well, Hoosick has Heart didn’t meet its rather ambitious goal of 500 units of blood this year, but we did collect 461 through 6 community, 2 school, and 2 business drives, which is 102 units more than last year’s 369.
Our last two drives of the year last week honored Dr. Marcus Martinez. On Wednesday at Hoosick Falls Central, 56 units of blood were collected. On Saturday at HF Community Alliance, the weather didn’t help and there were quite a few deferrals, which means people came to donate but couldn’t for one reason or another; but at the end of the day, there were 45 more units of blood than there were at 7 am when the Red Cross arrived.
A couple of Dr. Martinez’s patients came down from Arlington to donate in his honor.
Hoosick Falls has many die hard blood donors and we are seeing more and more first-timers. Every unit you donate makes a difference in someone’s life.
Our first blood drive of 2015 is on Friday, February 6, at Hoosick Falls First Baptist Church from 1 to 6 pm.