Blood Drives for Rotary World Wide & Rotary District 5810
PDG Mark Healy, PDG Bud McBrayer and his Aide George Elking ‐ were the first three Blood Drive Coordinators. When George Elking was Blood Drive Coordinator he initiated the Governors’ Challenge with the Ft. Worth Rotary District. Daniel Long has been our district Blood Drive Coordinator since 2011‐12 Rotary year. In Rotary year 2004 ‐ 2005 ‐ the district goal was 4004 units ‐ we did 4,792 (119.68%). From 2004 to 2014 – our District has donated over 51,000 units of Blood. This Rotary year‐to‐date we have received approximately 2,000 units with Plano Sunrise bringing in the highest donations at over 900 units. For Rotary year 2016‐17 Daniel Long with Rotary Club of Plano West was Vice President of the Rotary RAG group, Global Network for Blood Donations. Global Network for Blood Donations has over 3,000 members from all over the world. While at RI Convention in Atlanta, Daniel was inducted as the 2017‐2019 President of this organization. Congratulation Daniel, we are very proud of you. In Atlanta, he hosted the
Global Network for Blood booth located in House of Friendship. For more information click on ourblooddrive.org Someday all of us will have a loved one that is going to need a unit of blood to live.
Rotarian Action Group focused on promoting the merits of voluntary blood donation.
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