Blood Drive Information

American Red Cross and First United Lutheran Church would personally like to thank you for your continued support and life saving donations at previous blood drives. We look forward to continuing to see you this year and next year! Every time you donate you help save up to 3 peoples lives – newborn babies, children with Leukemia, new mom’s that just gave birth and are hemorrhaging, a neighbor who had surgery and just hasn’t been able to get better, the person whose body just stopped producing platelets and needs a transfusion every week and cancer patients of all ages to name a few! Just imagine every time you donate you touch so many patients lives, family, friends and neighbors! Thanks for making such a difference. The American Red Cross needs 1,200 pints donated daily to support the needs of our local patients. They rely on your donations. You can donate whole blood every 56 days. Minimum age - 17 years old. 110 pounds and in generally good health. (See Blood Donor Eligibility Guide below). Please call Tonna Williams at 770-424-1533 to set up your appointment or e-mail her at Tonna@CityPubAtlanta.com. We do prefer appointments to walk ins (of course would love you either way). Appointments help us to plan how many American Red Cross staff, donating chairs and history stations we need!

We have our blood drives always on Thursday’s from 2:45pm - 7:45pm

"GALLONS 4 GOD" This is a special mission statement that many are joining here at church! At every blood drive all the donors combined donate about 8 - 10 gallons of usable blood every blood drive. God gave us this wonderful life and body of ours. Donating is a great way to tithe to your neighbor. Jesus always said "Love thy neighbor" and what a great way to start accomplishing that goal! If you are able to commit to at least 5 out of 6 "Church sponsored" blood drives you are qualified to belong to our special mission. With this commitment you will receive a pin (hand made out of wood by Gene Beyers) to proudly wear to church and in the community to help promote our mission.

BEFORE YOU DONATE PREPARE YOUR BODY TO MAKE IT MUCH EASIER:

The day before you donate and the day that you donate drink lots of water or juice (approx 10-12 large cups/ 80-96 oz.). Eat really well. DO NOT skip a meal the day that you are donating, your body needs the fuel to make more platelets and plasma right away while you are donating! Stay away from caffeine especially the day you are donating this includes coffee (regular and decaffeinated), teas (herbal without caffeine ok), sodas and chocolate. Caffeine constricts your veins and causes more needle pain, bruising and takes forever to fill the 1 pint bag! It will amaze you when you take care of your body well for just the 2 days how wonderful your donation process will be without much recuperation time! For anyone over the age of 50 it is recommended to donate regularly (as long as you are healthy) just to remind your body how to manufacturer the new blood!

If you are unable to attend our "church sponsored" drives on the above dates then read on - we might have a solution for you!

American Red Cross (ARC) Sponsored Blood Drives

In 2005, we at First United Lutheran were asked to help out American Red Cross with a large problem they were about to experience. The routine donor site at 3200 Towne Point Drive in Kennesaw had to close due to lack of physical space at the American Red Cross offices. The FULC Council, Pastor Ted Coleman, the Property and Building Committee and members agreed to open our doors to our community to help solve this situation of lack! The routine American Red Cross blood drives will now be located at our church.

ARC Sponsored Blood drive schedule (8:00am-1:00pm)

To schedule an appointment for the ARC sponsored blood drives please call: 1-800-Give Life (1-800-448-3543)
Select option #1 to schedule an appointment or visit http://www.givelife.org to make an appointment online.