Blood donation to be celebrated at Canadian War Museum mobile clinic
September 21, 2009 |
Blood donation to be celebrated at Canadian War Museum mobile clinic
Ottawa, Ontario, September 16, 2009 — Spurred by war and expanded in peace, blood donation at mobile clinics is a part of Canada’s military history and one we invite you to take part in.
Join us as we continue this life-saving tradition at the Canadian War Museum. Anyone attending the clinic will enjoy free parking and admission to the Museum.
Friday, September 25, 2009
11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Barney Danson Theatre
Canadian War Museum
Call 1 888 2 DONATE (1 888 236-6283) to make your appointment today.
Canadians have a long and distinguished history of donating blood in the field for transfusion purposes. During the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), Dr. Norman Bethune introduced mobile blood banks to the battlefield. World War II soon followed, and Dr. Charles Best—who is known world-wide as a co-discoverer of insulin—separated plasma from blood and used it to treat shock, a wartime condition exacerbated by industrialized warfare.
Today, Canadian Blood Services offers more than 20,000 mobile clinics annually at a variety of venues across the country. Be a part of this proud, life-saving history and learn more about Canada’s military past at the Canadian War Museum.
For more information on donating blood, please go to www.blood.ca. And find out more about current Museum exhibits by visiting www.warmuseum.ca.
About the Canadian War Museum
The Canadian War Museum is Canada’s national museum of military history. Its mission is to promote public understanding of Canada’s military history in its personal, national, and international dimensions.
About Canadian Blood Services
Canadian Blood Services is a national, not-for-profit charitable organization that manages the blood supply in all provinces and territories outside of Quebec and oversees the country’s OneMatch Stem Cell and Marrow Network. A dedicated team of about 4,600 staff and 17,000 volunteers enable us to operate 40 permanent collection sites and more than 20,000 mobile donor clinics annually. Canadian Blood Services is a non-governmental organization, however the provincial and territorial ministers of health provide operational funding, and the federal government, through Health Canada, is responsible for regulating the blood system. For more info, visit www.blood.ca.
Fast Facts
- Canadian Blood Services needs close to 1 million blood donations nationally in 2009 in order to meet the needs of hospital patients across the country.
- Donors can give blood every 56 days, or six to seven times each year.
- Plasma and platelets can be donated more frequently than blood.
- All blood types are needed (A, AB, B and O).
- Giving blood is easy, free, and takes about an hour of your time.