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IT DOESN'T take much of
your time. Probably half an
hour at most. And giving
blood really is a good deed.

It helps enormous
numbers cach year.

By DAWN BURKE

__. Thursday is Red Cross
Flag Day, the 100th anniver-
sary of the Red Cross in
Canada. Red Cross Flag Day
is being recognized by North
Van City, North Van
District and West Van coun-
cils.

Most people, when they

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Cross hoists the flag

think of the Red Cross,
think of blood donor clinics.

The Red Cross, as sole sup-
plier of blood to al! Cana-
dian hospitals, is also the
finest volunteer blood donor
program in the world. In
1984. 135,000 pints of blood
were collected in B.C. alone.
This blood helps accident
victims, cancer patients,
burn victims, hemophiliacs
and surgery patients.

In North Vancouver,
blood donors supplied 6,696
units of blood in 1984, This
would not have been possi-
ble without Barbara McGurk
and her 124 clinic volun-

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Red Cross volunteers
donate an astounding
amount of time and North
Vancouver volunteers are no
exception. In 1984 volun-
teers contributed 2,890 hours
of time to blood clinics; 400
hours to supervision of
clinics; 1,800 hours to phon-
ing donors; 100 hours to the
loan cupboard; 7,244 hours
to Assistance, International
and Domestic (A.I.D.); 100
hours to emergency services
and 50 hours of time was
spend by the chairman.

If McGurk is indicitive of
other Red Cross volunteers,
it is no wonder Red Cross

has been as successful as it
is. A widow and_ retired
teacher, McGurk spends
roughly 400-500 hours a year
as chairperson of the North
Vancouver blood program.
She co-ordinates and super-
vises blood donor clinics and
volunteers on the North
Shore. A resident of B.C.
for 15 years, she has been
involved in the Red Cross
for 30 years. And everything
she does is on a volunteer

. basis.

“It’s very worthwhile,”
says McGurk. ‘‘When you
believe in something it
makes it easier to work. And
I can't think of anything

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are gratefully accepted.

more worthwhile than help-
ing people give life to other
people.”’

The loan cupboard is
responsible for lending 335
Pieces of equipment to 300
people in 1984, Located at

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