BloodDrive

Upcoming Blood Drives:

October 16, 2023 11am - 4pm

New Song partners with the American Red Cross to hold bi-monthly Community Blood Drives on-site year-in and year-out.
We see this precious resource as a phenomenal opportunity to give back to the community and affirm God's love for all.
Below, you will find a few testimonies from New Song members of how this opportunity has proven to be a blessing.
Read up and be inspired!
Have a testimony of how blood donations have impacted your own life or someone you know?
Share your story!
Feel free to let us hear from you today: wehearyou@newsongumc.org

Click below to register for a slot at our next Blood Drive:
Use the Sponsor Code "New Song" in the upper right-hand search field to register!

Recent Blood Drives Results:

February 2021: 27 people, 27 units, 81 lives
April 2021: 29 people, 30 units, 90 lives
June 2021: 27 people, 30 units, 90 lives
August 2021: 24 people, 17 units, 51 lives
October 2021: 29 people, 23 units, 69 lives
December 2021: 34 people, 29 units, 87 lives
February 2022: 41 people, 37 units, 111 lives (**New Song record!**))
April 2022: 36 units, 108 lives
June 2022: 31 units, 93 lives
August 2022: 28 people, 25 units, 75 lives
December 2022: 27 units, 81 lives
312 units = 936 lives saved!

Stories & Testimonials: "Blood Drives Save Lives!"

Chuck Wickens

Click below to hear Chuck Wickens' testimony about blood donations as he recalls the journey he and his wife, Kim, have been on with regards to their son, Ryan, through Leukemia. Thanks to all of the Wickens family members for sharing this reflection - truly, a season of challenges, successes, and miracles. What a perfect reminder: donating blood SAVES LIVES!

Chuck's Video Testimony

Blood Donation Fact...
Ryan's life was saved a number of times through the gift of blood transfusions. We celebrate that Ryan has gone from patient to a SURVIVOR! This journey is one of determination, grit, and modern medicine at its finest.

Heather Shaheen

Click below to hear Heather Shaheen's testimony about blood donations as she recalls the story involving her daughter, Emily, and a fairly intense time in the hospital most recently. Thanks, Heather, for sharing your story and letting us hear the reminder: donating blood SAVES LIVES!

Heather's VIDEO Testimony

Blood Donation Fact...
Following a virus, Emily was diagnosed with hemolytic anemia. Due to antibodies, it was challenging to find her blood type (type A+). Emily ended up having 2 blood transfusions while a patient at St. Mary's Hospital that SAVED HER LIFE!

Mona Reed

Hello, New Song!

I am Mona Reed and along with my husband, Bill and our three daughters, we have been attending New Song since September 1997.

Currently, I teach the preschool class at what used to be the 10:30 service. I originally was in the infant nursery hugging and loving those babies. Teaching and showing the children the love of Jesus is the highlight of my week! One of my very first infants, Melissa Leonard, is now my assistant in the preschool class and she is graduating high school this year!

In my free time, I enjoy reading, walking, playing pickleball and making my own greeting cards. I love my volunteer job at CHOR NICU as an infant cuddler and with the beautiful children at CHOR on Brook Rd. I also volunteer with Meals on Wheels. I love time spent with my family, whether it be my husband and children in Virginia, my many family members in Ohio, or my husband’s family in Vermont.
I’m looking forward to New Song opening its doors completely and all my little ones back in my class.

I am, also, a regular blood donator. When my second child was born, I had to be given two units of blood. You don’t realize how important blood donating is until you are on the receiving end of it! Currently, I have given over 21 units. It really is a simple process that could ultimately save a life. Be someone’s hero!

Blood Donation Fact...
Mona is Type A positive, which is about 30% of the population and a type that is needed by many patients. A person who is A positive (A+) can receive blood from the following blood types: A+, A-, O+, O-. Those who donate A+ blood can also donate to others who are A+ and AB+ blood types.

Judy Kellogg

My husband Jim and I have been going to New Song for around 4 years. Both of us were greeters, before Covid. I am part of the “Take Them A Meal” program plus I have a passion for the Backpack program. I am learning how to apply for grants and my first one we got was $2000 for the Backpack program. I belong to a wonderful small group and am part of the Employee appreciation group that Gina Sykes heads up for the employees at New Song. I am also repairing gowns for the Princess project at church that loans gowns to girls for prom.

I donate blood every time I can.
I have never needed blood but I feel it is something I can give that cannot be replaced with money or anything else. God gave me this for sharing and knowing that it will help someone down the line sure makes it worth giving.

I like wondering who the blood will go to and help. I look forward to the email, from the Red Cross, that tells me where my donation has gone.
The last two times it went to Pennsylvania.
It is so cool to help someone with something as precious as blood.

Blood Donation Fact...
Judy has donated over a gallon since donating at New Song! Judy has type O+ blood, the most common type so it can go anywhere!