The Lehighton Area Democratic Club sponsored a blood drive for the Miller-Keystone Blood Bank in Weissport this afternoon. Weissport is a small town of about 600 residents on the bank of the Lehigh River. The drive was co-sponsored by almost every business in town, including the the beer distributor, an antique mall, Mario’s Pizza, and Central Lunch. The latter two also provided a free lunch for the workers in the blood donor van.
Registration for the drive took place at Jacob’s United Church of Christ, which also provided restroom facilities. Two of the parishioners were on hand the whole afternoon to set up, take down, and deal with problems. Duane of the Democratic Club made the calls to the donors and coordinated the afternoon schedule.
I learned that you can’t give blood if you are on prednisone, but you can donate if you have tattoos or piercings if you got them more than two years ago. I also learned that a cooperative and generous spirit is alive and well in tiny little Weissport. We exceeded our goal by at least five pints.
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