Support the city blood drive

Letter to the editor

This is a call to all activists in reasonably good health to participate in the city blood drive from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Feb. 21 at the civic center.

For information, see the home page of the city website, http://cityofmissionviejo.org/news/pressreleases/pr-06008.pdf. The website also can link you to the Red Cross site.

You may recall when the gym issue brought activists together at a council meeting, I appeared in a Red Cross donor shirt at open comments and encouraged healthy citizens to give blood on a regular basis, every 56 days or more. There is a permanent blood shortage in Southern California, which regular donations could eliminate.

Information on how to become a regular donor via Internet alerts can be obtained from the Red Cross website or at the Mission Viejo drive. It is very convenient, but if you don't want to take this step, please give blood at the city drive.

Let's show the community how supportive we activists are for community health.

Allan Pilger
Mission Viejo