Illinois News Index

McHenry Plaindealer (McHenry, IL), 12 Jun 1968, p. 14

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• ^ McHenry KIWAIIIS Blood Bonk At Wor A registered nurse, who is an employee of the Michael Reese Blood Bank, is checking the pulse and temperature of Dr. Robert Ort before he is accepted as a doner. Shown above: Just a few of the hundreds of bload bank mem- one pint will cover the cost of all 20 pints. This demonstrates bers waiting to donate one pint of blood that will cover their the investment that one pint of blood is worth since the market fomily in case of need. If youi* family became in need of 20 pints of blood your value of Jblood may be $50.00 or as high as $65.00. ' * J / ^ Plaindealer Photos Registered nurses from the blood bank making everyone as comfortable as possible in a real professional way. The vast exparience gained from ysars of Blood Bank work enables these doctors and nurses to process everyone quickly. 90 to 100 danors are processed in a matter of only 2 hours. This makes your stay very brief. '•k- (% > Shown avove is Jim Spencer, McHenry Kiwanian, pouring coffee for Roy Homo who has just given blood. Coffee, donuts, and orange juice are waiting for everyone and are served by Kiwanis members. Everything possible is done to make everyone feel welcome. # When disaster strikes will there be blood available? The purpose of the McHenry Kiwanis Blood Bank is to insure every .member that there will always be blood available in any quantity^ needed at no cost to the recipient. When disaster strikes, as in the above photo in which Michael Briggs was the accident victim, 413 pints of blood were available and this figure is increasing all the time. Michael required two pints of blood and immediately two pints were donated by the blood bank. This made the total given to date 128 pints. v, t t

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