Battle of the Badges Continues: Farmville Police, Fire Depts. Plan Yearly Blood Drive

Once again, the Farmville Police Department and the Farmville Fire Department will team up with the American Red Cross for the fifth annual  “Heartland Heroes Blood Drive” to be held on Friday, April 3rd  2015.  Just like last year, each donor will be asked to donate blood in honor of one of the departments.  The department generating the most donations will  be awarded the  “Heartland Heroes Blood Drive” trophy  to house for the year. This trophy is provided by The Amercian Red Cross. Last year, the two departments combined recruitment effort gathered 74 units of blood. Those 74 units of blood have the potential to save 222 lives.

According to the American Red Cross, someone in the U.S. needs blood every two seconds.  Blood cannot be manufactured, it must come from a donor.  That’s why donating is so important.  A single donation can help save the life of up to three people and the human body quickly replaces the donated blood.

The Farmville Fire Dept. and Farmville Police Department  will host the April 3rd drive at the John’s Memorial Parish House on High Street.  The event will run from 12:00 noon until 6:00 p.m.  Department members will be on site cooking hamburgers and hotdogs for donors and recruiting additional donors.

According to Det. Sgt. Chris Moss, “It doesn’t really matter which department receives the trophy, what we need are blood donors.  Please join us on Friday to donate blood in honor of our Heartland Heroes.”