Hello everyone!  

Like everything else returning and coming back so is the 9th Annual Holiday Challenge Blood Drive and Blanket Making charity project for people in need. We have reached out to the San Diego Blood Bank to handle the actual personnel we need to process the blood donations. Unfortunately, that's all they can help us with, but we want to do more!

 

While people wait to donate blood, we have set up a blanket making station to create blankets to give to homeless shelters. This is where the fundraising comes. We are seeking to raise $1231 to purchase the fabric and help support the setup of the blood drive. 

Our Plan: We want as many people to donate blood as possible, but the reality is that a lot of people cannot.  One blood donation will save 3 lives.  So that is our priority, however we will also be offering the chance for people who are unable to give blood a place to sit down for 20 minutes to make a blanket for a child  who needs it. The blankets will be easy and fun to make, and each blanket will be hand delivered to a men, women, and children that needs them. In 2022 the Holiday Challenge collected a little over 40 blood donations and we made over 50blankets. We could have made more yet we ran out of material! We thank you for any support and assistance you can provide.