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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 6, 2008
DAYTON, OH (May 6, 2008) — Community Blood Center – Dayton will be filled with the sound of music Saturday morning, May 10. In participation with the Barbershop Harmony Society, CBC will be hosting barbershop quartets from the Miami Valley area for “Singing for Life.” Three groups are scheduled to sing at 9:30, 10:00 and 11:00 a.m.
Singing for Life is designed to be the largest North American blood drive and donor recruitment project in history. It is timed to occur during a period when demand for blood strains supplies: May 10, a day before Mother’s Day, a week before Memorial Day Weekend in the U.S. and a week following Canada’s Victoria Day.
There are 175 chapters of the Barbershop Harmony Society participating in blood drives on May 10 across the United States and Canada, representing close to 16,000 barbershoppers who will perform, and it is estimated that as much as 15,000 pints of blood will be collected in North America
Community Blood Center is open to donors and the public from 7 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Saturday, May 10.
Donors are required to provide a photo ID that includes their full name. Past CBC donors are also asked to bring their CBC donor ID card. Donors must be at least 17 years of age (16 years old with parental consent: form available at www.givingblood.org or at CBC branch & blood drive locations), weigh a minimum of 110 pounds, and be in good physical health. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) changes blood donor eligibility guidelines periodically. Individuals with eligibility questions are invited to email canidonate@cbccts.org or call 1(800)388-GIVE.
Community Blood Center/Community Tissue Services™, an independent, not-for-profit organization, is registered to ISO 9001:2000. Community Blood Center provides blood products to 25 hospitals in the Miami (Ohio) and Whitewater (Indiana) Valleys. For more information about Community Blood Center/Community Tissue Services™, visit www.givingblood.org.
About the Barbershop Harmony Society: Founded in 1938 in Tulsa, Okla., the Barbershop Harmony Society is the largest all-male singing organization in the world with over 30,000 members including 1500 quartets in 800 chapters. There are also eight official foreign affiliates of the Society.
About barbershop-style a cappella music: Barbershop harmony is a uniquely American musical art form. It is known for its four-part harmony and the “expanded sound” created by its unique chord structure.
For more information about the Barbershop Harmony Society, visit www.barbershop.org or call 615.823.3993 ext. 4119
Copyright 2005 Community Blood Center
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