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The HOUGHS NECK BULLETIN © February 2017 60 YEARS NON PROFIT Houghs Neck SERVING HOUGHS NECK US POSTAGE PAID BOSTON MA PERMIT # 59319 BU1193 LLETINSea Street ~ Houghs Neck, MA 02169 OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE HOUGHS NECK COMMUNITY COUNCIL, INC. © 2017 FEBRUARY 2017 VOLUME 60 ISSUE 6 Presidents Message: Hello Houghs Neck, I was not one of the brave Blood Facts (From redcross.org) souls that went to the Public Landing on that frigid Saturday morning to It’s a fact… you must wait 56 days between whole blood donations. jump into the water. I do understand that those that did helped to raise over 4.5 million Americans will a need blood transfusion each year. $1800.00. The Quincy Police Marine Unit assisted along with Brewster 43,000 pints: amount of donated blood used each day in the U.S. Ambulance and the Quincy Fire Department. That is one of the good things Someone needs blood every two seconds. about living here in Houghs Neck, the support we give each other, and what Only 37 percent of the U.S. population is eligible to donate blood - less we get back from the city departments. The American Red Cross contacted than 10 percent do annually.* the community council about hosting a blood drive, in addition to our annual One pint of blood can save up to three lives. drive in July. Holy Trinity Parish agreed to allow us to use the hall, so on Healthy adults who are at least 17 years old, and at least 110 pounds may February 21st from 2pm till 7pm they will be at the St. Thomas Aquinas hall donate about a pint of blood - the most common form of donation - every 56 to collect as many pints of blood they can. This life giving event is open to the days, or every two months. Females receive 53 percent of blood transfusions; entire community and giving blood is refreshing. As usual there are rules and males receive 47 percent. it is suggested you pre-register. Please see the information below. There are Four main red blood cell types: A, B, AB and O. Each can be positive or other community events sponsored by various groups please check the entire negative for the Rh factor. AB is the universal recipient; O negative is the bulletin for their dates. See ya around Dave universal donor of red blood cells. One unit of blood can be separated into several components: red blood cells, WINTER BLOOD DRIVE plasma, platelets and cryoprecipitate. Red blood cells carry oxygen to the body's organs and tissues. Sponsored by the Red blood cells live about 120 days in the circulatory system. Houghs Neck Community Council Platelets promote blood clotting and give those with leukemia and other Holy Trinity Parish & the cancers a chance to live. American Red Cross Plasma is a pale yellow mixture of water, proteins and salts. Plasma, which is 90 percent water, makes up 55 percent of blood volume. Tues, Feb 21, 2017 2:00pm till 7:00pm Healthy bone marrow makes a constant supply of red cells, plasma and St Thomas Aquinas Hall platelets. Manet Ave & Darrow Street Blood or plasma that comes from people who have been paid for it cannot be used for human transfusion. Granulocytes, a type of white blood cell, roll along blood vessel walls in WINTER BLOOD DRIVE search of bacteria to engulf and destroy. To all our faithful donors, The Houghs Neck Community Council would like to invite you to join us for White cells are the body's primary defense against infection. a Winter Blood Drive, on Tuesday, Feb. 21st, 2017 from 2:00PM ~ 7:00PM Apheresis is a special kind of blood donation that allows a donor to give at St. Thomas Aquinas Hall, Houghs Neck. We will have plenty of homemade specific blood components, such as platelets. goodies. Hall is handicap accessable. Everyone that visits to donate MUST Forty-two days: how long most donated red blood cells can be stored. have at least one form of Identification ie; Drivers License or a passport. If you Five days: how long most donated platelets can be stored. arrive without an ID you will be turned away. Appointments are highly One year: how long frozen plasma can be stored. recommended but walk-ins are very welcome. ATTENTION: The American Cancer, transplant and trauma patients, and patients undergoing open-heart Red Cross is closely monitoring the Zika virus. We ask you not to donate if any surgery may require platelet transfusions to survive. Zika virus risk exposures applies to you. We are asking you to return to donate A patient could be forced to pass up a lifesaving organ, if compatible blood is blood 4 weeks after your last risk exposure. All other eligibility requirements still not available to support the transplant. apply. After you make your appointment you can pre-register and answer Thirteen tests (11 for infectious diseases) are performed on each unit of the health questions with rapid pass at the redcross.org site. Please call donated blood. 1-800-RED-CROSS (1-800-733-2767) to schedule an appointment. Eileen Timcoe event coordinator 617-479-4107, 617-481-9153, etimcoe @yahoo.com Shortages of all blood types happen during the summer and winter holidays. Blood centers often run short of types O and B red blood cells. The rarest blood type is the one not on the shelf when it's needed by a COMMUNITY HAPPENINGS patient. Houghs Neck Community Center There is no substitute for human blood. Mobile Food Pantry If all blood donors gave three times a year, blood shortages would be a rare Every Wednesday at 3:00PM event. (The current average is about two.). Free Bag of Food - arrive by 3PM page 3 If only one more percent of all Americans would give blood, blood shortages would disappear for the foreseeable future. Houghs Neck Congregational Church 46.5 gallons: amount of blood you could donate if you begin at age 17 and A Valentime Princess Tea with Moana donate every 56 days until you reach 79 years old. Saturday February 11, 2017 ~ 10:00am to Noon page 4 The actual blood donation usually takes about 10 minutes. The entire process Community Meeting from the time you sign in to the time you leave - takes about an hour. Discussion about Louis Parking Lot After donating blood, you replace the fluid in hours and the red blood cells within four weeks. It takes eight weeks to restore the iron lost after donating. Ward One City Councilor Margaret Laforest You cannot get AIDS or any other infectious disease by donating blood. Thursday, February 16th at 6:30pm HNCChurch Fellowship Hall page 6 10 pints is the amount of blood in the body of an average adult. Houghs Neck Community Council One unit of whole blood is roughly the equivalent of one pint. Holy Trinity Parish ~ American Red Cross Blood makes up about seven percent of your body's weight. Winter Blood Drive A newborn baby has about one cup of blood in his body. Tuesday, Feb 21, 2017 2:00PM to 7:00PM Giving blood will not decrease your strength. St Thomas Aquinas Hall page 1 Any company, community organization, place of worship or individual may contact their local community blood center to host a blood drive. Houghs Neck Community Center Blood drives hosted by companies, schools, places of worship and civic Adult Art Paint organizations supply roughly half of all blood donations across the U.S. Wed, February 22, 6:30 - 8:30PM page 3 People who donate blood are volunteers and are not paid for their donation. Atherton Hough School PTO 500,000: the number of Americans who donated blood in the days following the September 11 attacks. Book Fair Blood donation. It's about an hour of your time. It's About Life. March 21, 2017 ~ 12:00 noon to 2:00PM Ahterton Hough School Gym page 5 *W Riley, et al. The United States’ potential blood donor pool: estimating the prevalence of donor-exclusion factors on the pool of potential donors. Transfusion 2007. The HOUGHS NECK BULLETIN © February 2017 2 Gifts to the Houghs Neck THE HOUGHS NECK BULLETIN Official Publication of the Houghs Neck Community Council Inc. Community Council Scholarship Fund NEWS - From the Pumpy to the Willows Published - Twelve issues per year In Memory of In Memory of Address - THE HOUGHS NECK BULLETIN Our Friend William P. 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