42 - Wednestay, May 13, 1987 - North Shore News

Lifestyles -

NEWS photo Tom Burley

NORTH SHORE residents came out in force this weekend to walk — and raise funds — for Rick Hansen’s
Man Ia Miction Tour. Pictured along the sea wall in West Vancouver are (1 to r): wheelchair athlete Fred
Fox, AmAezids Tiddley Cove Lions Club president Keith Fowlstone, West Vancouver Mayor Don Lanskail,
News editor-in-chief Noel Wright, Pat Boname, Margo Brisdon and piper Janet Dickson.

Tremblay piay comes to NV

QUEBEC PLAYWRIGHT Michel Tremblay’s
Sainte-Carmen of the Main comes to the Anne Mac-
Donald Hail at Presentation House May 13 to 23 in
the latest production by FTS Company.

Set against Montreal’s The Main, a version of Van-

couver’s Granville Mall, the pimps and hookers await
the return of Carmen, a country and western singer

RED CROSS

whose songs promise a new life to all the down-and-
out inhabitants of skid row.

A play about cultural awakening, Sainte-Carmen of
the Main poses the question of what can be done once
you have made people aware of their situation.

The play runs Tuesday through Saturday at 8 p.m.
Tickets cost $6 for adults, $5 for students and seniors.
For more details call the office at 986-1351.

Blood donors needed

VOLUNTEER BLOOD donors are By separating blood into its

a rare breed.

They are people who are far-
sighted enough to see the value in
taking half an hour of their time to
do something that offers them no
immediate benefits, and that in the
long run benefits them only if they
are sick or injured. They know
that accidents and illness strike on
their own schedule.

Only four per cent of the popu-
lation donates blood on a regular
basis, says Rick O’Brien, director
of public relations for the Red
Cross. .

“This percentage must increase’
to meet the need for blood and
blood products,”” he stressed. ‘‘in
order to meet the present. and
future need for blood, individuals
should donate at Jeast 10 units dur- ©
ing their lifetime.””

As the sole supplier of Llood
and blood products to 80 hospitals
in B.C. and the Yukon, the Red
Cross requires 3,000 units per week
or 600 donations a day.

At the best of times, the Red
Cross has only a two-to-three-day
reserve of blood on hand.

“If an emergency occurs, a
two-to-three-day reserve can
quickly be reduced to less than a
day’s supply,”’ he pointed out.

“And I’m talking about the en-
tire province’s supply.’*

Holiday periods throughout the
year can also put a strain on blood
supplies.

‘It’s important for eligible
donors to give blood on a regular
basis to avert these crisi- situa-
tions,” O’Brien stressed.

He pointed cut that 80 per cent
of B.C.'s blood requirements come
from the Lower Mainland area or
within two hours travel distance
from Vancouver so it can be sepa-
rated into components. Otherwise,
it can only be used as whole blood.

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components, four or five people
can benefit, as they receive only
the blood component they require.

Today, there’s even more reason
to be a regular blood donor.
‘How often do you have the op-
portunity to personally affect four
lives?’’ O’Brien asks.

Upcoming blood donor clinics
on the North Shore include:

Friday, May 15 from 2 to 8 p.m.
at Capilano Mall, West Mall.

Tuesday, May 19 from 2 to 8
p.m. at Lions Gate Hospital lobby.

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