7th annual "Bunnies for Babies” Blood Drive

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Sponsored by WALA Fox 10, Blue Cliff Career College, Lite Mix 99.9 and the American Red Cross

(March 24, 2007) Mobile, AL -- Two hours a year. 120 minutes out of 525,600. Fortunately, that's all it takes to fill another life with countless minutes, hours and days, moments that would have otherwise been lost had life-saving blood not been on hand in the event of a medical emergency.

The truth is simple: blood donors save lives. And once again this year, local donors will have a chance to not only save lives, but enrich them as well through the America Red Cross Bunnies for Babies Blood Drive.

Blood, moreover blood donors, can save up to two lives per donation. Some 700 donations are needed per day in our area alone just to meet the current need for blood, creating a constantly critical need for donors who roll up their sleeves to save the lives of their neighbors. The time donors take to give the gift of life will save the lives of mothers and fathers, daughters and sons, sisters and brothers.

Through the Bunnies for Babies drive, donors will not only provide life-giving blood, but they also get the chance to make an impact on the life of a young patient at USA Children's and Women's Hospital in Mobile or South Baldwin Regional Medical Center in Foley. Every donor will receive a card to sign, and that card will be placed on a stuffed bunny that will be presented to a child at USACW or SBRMC during the week following the drive.

It's just that simple. Take a few minutes and directly touch up to three lives in our community. There really is no greater gift one can give.

The Mobile Bunnies for Babies drive will be held on Saturday, March 31 from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. in the Target wing of Colonial Mall Bel Air in Mobile. The Foley Bunnies for Babies drive will be held on Friday, March 30 from noon until 6 p.m. at First Baptist Church of Foley, located at 221 N. Alston Street. The event is sponsored by WALA Fox 10, Lite Mix 99.9, Blue Cliff Career College and the American Red Cross.

Donors may get a free chair massage from Blue Cliff Career College and a free T-shirt.

To donate, you must be 17 years old or older, weigh at least 110 pounds and be in general good health. If you are sick and cannot donate on the day of the drive, please encourage a friend or loved one to donate in your place. If everyone who could donate would donate, there would never be a blood shortage in our region.

Be a hero to your neighbors in need and touch a child's life. Remember, when you give blood, give life.

Together, we can save a life