The Orange County Sheriff's Department is joining law enforcement agencies from throughout Southern California next month in a friendly competition to see which agency's members can donate the most blood.
The Blood is being collected by the American Red Cross and will be used to help make up for the short supplies of available blood that the medical community typically experiences at this time of year.
The Red Cross said of the event:
The Battle of the Badges is an opportunity for all badge carrying personnel, including friends and family, to positively impact our community by
competing in a friendly competition to see who can donate the most blood and ultimately save the most lives.
Blood supplies typically fall to critically low levels during the winter months. We can have a substantial impact on the availability of blood for accident victims, cancer patients, premature babies and burn patients.
Thanks to Southern California’s law enforcement agencies’ commitment to saving lives, the 2nd Annual Battle of the Badges Blood Drive was a
tremendous success - 57 agencies participated with 1,405 individuals presenting to donate blood. However, even with our successful blood drive,
Southern California still suffered blood shortages during January and February 2008. We will continue to battle blood shortages and help save more lives. Our goal for the 3rd Annual Battle of the Badges Blood Drive is to have at least 2,500 badge carrying personnel donate blood. All blood donations will go to Southern California hospitals.
To see the Red Cross flyer on the competition click: battleofthebadges.pdf (1.03 mb)
The Annual "Battle of the Badges" Blood Drive will run from January 20th to February 2nd. The Department drive will take place on Wednesday, January 28 from 7 a.m. to 7 pm in the Intake Release Center briefing room.
Please sign up to donate blood today!
To make your appointment please visit: http://www.givelife.org
Type in the Sponsor Code: OC1
(OR)
E-mail at cdvincent@ocsd.org or call
Curtis Vincent at 647-6063 to sign up
IRC – BRIEFING ROOM
For Orange County Sheriff's Department Personnel who participate:
***FREE T-shirt***
***In-house raffle for Gas Cards and other Prizes***
FIRST 30 DONORS TO PRE-REGISTER WILL RECEIVE A $1.00 SCRATCHER FROM CALIF. LOTTERY
***With Parent Permission children as young as 16 years old may donate***
MUST BRING PICTURE IDENTIFICATION