I am reaching out to you on behalf of the Easter Blood Drive, a city-wide interdenominational Christian effort supported by Love Ottawa and CHRI. Our upcoming donation drive is Saturday, March 29 to Saturday April 5, 2025.
Our goal is to mobilize Christians to donate whole blood or plasma and help save Canadian lives by addressing the pressing and ongoing need for more donors and donations. Only 4% of Canadians donate. Our hope and prayer is that you would allow us to communicate our message to your church.
Plasma is the protein-rich liquid in blood that is used to treat several medication conditions or illnesses, including bleeding disorders, liver diseases and cancer. Plasma is collected at the donation centre at Place d'Orleans. Because your church is relatively close to the plasma donation centre, your church is well-placed to help meet our community's need for plasma.
The Easter Blood Drive is a registered Partners for Life team with Canadian Blood Services. Joining the team to make your donation count toward the team total encourages others to do likewise, and highlights the Christian community's dedication to those in need. It allows us to show God's love to members of the wider community whose physical needs can be met only by donations, whole blood or plasma. Each donation can save up to 3 lives, says Canadian Blood Services.
Would you allow us to promote this opportunity for Christian service to your members? Our team’s excellent resources include a text for church bulletins, a single Powerpoint slide, a short video and a poster – all available at easterblooddrive.ca
I look forward to hearing from you, and would be happy to answer any questions. On an aside, there will also be whole blood donation community clinics in the Orleans area on April 16th at the Community Pentecostal Church, and on May 5th at the Orleans United Church. Anyone interested can join first the Easter Blood Drive team to sign up with those whole blood community clinics in Orleans, or at the Carling Canadian Blood Services donation centre. For more information: www.easterblooddrive.ca or email us at info@blooddrive.ca
Yours in Christ,
Ernestina Francois, on behalf of the Easter Blood Drive core team