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The Life Blood of the Community, a collaboration of local non-profit organizations, will host a three-day community event from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 3; from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 4 and from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Dec. 5 at Miller-Keystone Blood Center, located on 400 Route 315 Suite E, Pittston Township.
				To learn more, get involved and schedule a blood donation appointment, visit giveapint.org/events/lifeblood.
				Organizers of the event hope to strengthen the community and collect 150 units of blood, while raising sponsorship funds for the participating non-profit organizations.
				The funds will in turn support programmatic costs for the Greater Wyoming Valley and surrounding communities. Miller-Keystone Blood Center, along with a collaboration of five local non-profit organizations including the American Cancer Society, North Branch Land Trust, CASA of Luzerne County, Osterhout Free Library, and Wyoming Valley Children&rsquo;s Association, have come together for this important venture.
				Please consider becoming a sponsor of The Life Blood of Our Community collaboration. Your support will help save lives and be integral in bringing this brand-new partnership to fruition.
				Each organization that makes up The Life Blood of Our Communityteam has been faced with additional challenges due to COVID-19.
				Miller-Keystone Blood Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and is the sole community blood center to 28 hospitals in 15 eastern Pennsylvania counties and five western New Jersey counties. Every day, Miller-Keystone Blood Center provides blood products to treat: trauma, bleeding and immune system disorders, cancer, burns, accident victims, heart surgery, organ transplants, and bone marrow transplants.
				Due to COVID-19 and a resulting national blood shortage, the Blood Center has been experiencing challenges maintaining a safe and stable blood supply. Our only source of blood is from volunteer blood donors.

Life Blood of Community event aims to raise funds, collect blood donations