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Promotions & Events 2010 Highmark Blue Shield Walk for a Healthy Community The 2010 Highmark Blue Shield Walk for a Healthy Community will take place on Saturday, June 12, 9am (registration 7:45am). For more information, click here. View All Promotions, T-Shirt Days & REMINDER Scholarship Deadlines Approaching! Applications for the Student Volunteer Scholarship are due no later than March 31. This annual award recognizes outstanding student participation as a service volunteer (canteen attendant, donor aide, etc.) at Miller-Keystone Blood Center, by a graduating high school senior. Applications for the High School Blood Donor Recruitment Scholarship are due no later than April 30. This annual award recognizes high school blood drive chairpersons for their efforts in stimulating interest and increasing the available blood supply in our region. For more information, click here.
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Miller-Keystone Blood Center: Latest NewsMKBC Donates Blood Units To Haitian Relief Efforts Officials at Miller-Keystone Blood Center today confirmed the donation of 25 units of red cells to Haitian relief efforts. Click here for full story. New Flu Victim: Blood Supply The Wall Street Journal . The swine-flu pandemic is creating unexpected problems for the nation's blood supply—shrinking the number of blood donors and raising questions about whether the flu can be spread through a transfusion. "We are very worried about the impact of swine flu," says Marsha Springel, donor resources manager at Miller-Keystone Blood Center. "Right now we have an ample supply, but if this hits as big as they are predicting, we may lose a large proportion of our donor base." For full story, click here.
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Miller-Keystone Blood Center: Sole supplier of blood products to Berks, Carbon, Eastern Schuylkill, Lehigh, Northampton, Southern Luzerne, Upper Bucks and Western Montgomery (PA), and Warren (NJ) counties. Established in 1971 as an independent, not-for-profit 501(c)3 community organization, Miller-Keystone Blood Center is an affiliate of Hospital Central Services, Inc. |