Coronavirus put 15,000 blood drives on hold, Local American Legion is helping

Coronavirus put 15,000 blood drives on hold, Local American Legion is helping

BLOOD SUPPLY AFTER MANYCOMMUNITY BLOOD DRIVES WERECANCELLED THIS PAST SPRINGBECAUSE OF THE CORONAVIRUS.WMAR 2 NEWS IS YOUR VOICE FORVETERANS.

AND AS VETERANS AREHONORED FOR THEIR SERVICE TOTHE COUNTRY WE WANT TORECOGNIZE A GROUP OF LOCALVETS WHO ORGANIZED TO SUPPORTTHE NEED FOR BLOOD DONATIONS.WMAR 2 NEWS' MARK ROPER HASTHAT STORY THIS MORNINTAKE ONE LOOK INSIDE THEAMERICAN LEGION DAILEY━LOGSDON MEMORIAL SERVICE POSTIN HARFORD COUNTY━ ANDYOU'LL FIND BADGES OF HONOR━COURAGE━ AND SERVICE.

Wewelcome the community in, toshow them what we do AND AFTERSERVING SIX YEARS IN THEMILITARY BACK IN 1966━ WHAAMERICAN LEGION HARFORD COUNTYCOMMANDER ED MCCANN IS TRYINGTO DO NOW━ IS BRING THECOMMUNITY TOGETHER WITH ABLOOD DRIVE FOR THE AMERICARED CROSS.

Everybody needs tosupport the need for blood,and we're very honored to beable to host that here.JOINING MCCANN ON THIS MISSIONWITH 23 YEARS EXPERIENCESERVING IN THE ARMY━ ISVETERAN AND EDGEWOOD LION'SCLUB SECRETARY CHUCK EGENDER.you find a lot of veteranswhen they get out of themilitary, whether they justget out or they retire, theygo out and they give back totheir community, they may notjoin organizations, butsomehow they get involved ingiving back to the communibecause that's what we knowWHICH MEANS THIS AMERICANLEGION POST COULD EXPECT TOSEE MANY VETERANS REPORTINGFOR WHAT THEY SEE AS THEDUTY━ TO GIVE BLOOD.

I'vedonated blood starting in 1966when I first went into themilitary, and I've donatedblood ever since I hope we geta lot of veterans but I hopewe get a lot of no━veteransfrom the community becausethat means our reach isgetting out into thecommunity, not just theveterans BUT IT'S THE VETERANOF THE EDGEWOOD COMMUNITY WHOHELPED THE RED CROSS FINDALLY IN THE AMERICAN LEGION.because they;re the largestnational veterans serviceorganization, and we're thelargest supplier of blood, andjust like the American RedCross, they try to encourageindividual accountability, andpatriotism, to care of oneanother, give back to yourcommunityTHAT WAS MARK ROPER REPORTINGTHE PEOPLE MARK SPOKE TO WERENOT WEARING MASKS BECAUSE THEINTERVIEWS AT A SAFE DISTANCE.AND TO MAINTAIN SOCIALDISTANCING━ THE BLOOD DRIVEWILL BE BY APPOINTMENT ONLY.THIS STORY IS ON OUR WEBSITERIGHT NOW AT WMA━2 NEWS DOT