Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site aecom.UUCP
Path: utzoo!decvax!mcnc!philabs!aecom!werner
From: werner@aecom.UUCP (Craig Werner)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: January is National Volunteer Blood Donor Month.
Message-ID: <2164@aecom.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 4-Jan-86 12:54:53 EST
Article-I.D.: aecom.2164
Posted: Sat Jan  4 12:54:53 1986
Date-Received: Sun, 5-Jan-86 04:19:09 EST
Distribution: na
Organization: Albert Einstein Coll. of Med., NY
Lines: 18

}

     President Reagan has declared January as National Volunteer Blood
Donor Month, calling blood donors, "quiet heroes and heroines whose
generosity preserves health and saves lives."
     In a formal declaration, the President notes that despite all the
advances in technology and the "awesome progress" made in understanding
human pathology, no adequate substitute has been found for human blood.


     Please note that there is absolutely NO chance of your getting AIDS by
GIVING blood.  This misconception has caused the current shortage.
     Contact you local Red Cross or local hospital for donor information.
-- 

				Craig Werner
				!philabs!aecom!werner
          "It's hard to argue with someone who knows what he's talking about."