East Penn School District

Emmaus High Students to Give Blood in Emergency Drive

Forty-two Emmaus High School students are scheduled to donate blood in an Emergency Miller-Keystone Blood Drive to take place in the large courtyard at the high school from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday.

Forty-two Emmaus High School students are scheduled to give blood on Wednesday as part of an emergency blood drive that will happen in the large courtyard at the high school from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. This week’s blood drive, run by the high school Student Government Association (SGA) in conjunction with Miller-Keystone Blood Center, is “student-only,” according to Michael Mihalik, EHS science teacher and SGA adviser. “It’s just a student emergency blood drive,” Mihalik writes in an email message to Emmaus Patch. “We're not having a full-blown blood drive like we usually have, as we'll wait on that for May. “On Wednesday, we only have 42 available slots and they have all been filled in by current students,” he writes. Miller-Keystone Blood …

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Shortage of Blood Type O-Negative in Lehigh Valley

Miller-Keystone Blood Center has issued a call for blood donors with O-Negative blood type.

Miller-Keystone Blood Center has issued a call for blood donors with the O-NEGATIVE blood type. Donations of all types are needed, but O-NEGATIVE donations are critical. Individuals with the O-NEGATIVE blood type are referred to as universal blood donors, meaning that the red blood cells of an O-NEGATIVE donor can be transfused to anyone, regardless of their blood type.  O-NEGATIVE donations are particularly important in cases of accident and severe trauma, when there may not be time available to confirm the specific blood type of the patient in need of a life-saving transfusion.  To schedule an appointment call 800-223-6667, or visit GIVEaPINT.org to find a blood drive in your area. 

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September 11, Ten Years Later

Lehigh Valley Muslims Observe 9/11 By Giving Blood

Local Muslims give blood to promote sanctity of human life.

Muslims from across the Lehigh Valley gave blood at the Bethlehem Township Community Center on Sunday to commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11. "I want to help people," said first-time blood donor Fatima Dia of Bethlehem. "Our religion is about helping. Some people don't understand what our religion means. They think all Muslims are bad." The Easton-based chapter of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, which organized the blood drive, was formed more than a year ago and has about 55 members. They worship in each other's homes, but hope to build a local mosque some day. The group hoped to have at least 18 pints of blood donated to the Keystone-Miller Blood Center of Bethlehem but had exceeded that goal with more than 20 pints donated by 2 pm. The…

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Local Auto Repair Shop to Host Blood Drive Saturday

Safari Automotive Sales and Service is counting on the giving nature of Emmaus community to help mitigate blood shortage.

This is just another one of those small stories that goes to the very heart of what makes Emmaus, Emmaus. It’s about a business owner named Ali Rizvi who saw a need and decided to try to fill it. Rizvi owns Safari Automotive Sales and Service, located at 945 Chestnut St. in Emmaus. He has owned the Emmaus auto repair shop for the past three years – it was previously Jim’s Chestnut Street Station. The Emmaus location is Rizvi’s second Safari storefront. His original place of business is in Allentown at 750 N. Fenwick St., near Coca-Cola Park. But this story is about Emmaus. Safari Automotive in Emmaus will be the site of a community blood drive on Saturday, July 9 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The drive will be run by Miller-Keystone Blood Center…

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