Thanks in part to the Rotary clubs of Cape Cod, collecting blood for local hospital patients will get easier.
The clubs have raised $100,000 for the purchase of a bloodmobile for the blood center at Cape Cod Healthcare, the parent company of Cape Cod and Falmouth hospitals.
The bloodmobile will allow the organization to collect blood across the Cape by holding drives at businesses, churches, schools and organizations that may not have the space to hold a drive.
All of the blood collected will remain on the Cape, according to a statement by Jim Saben of the Yarmouth Rotary Club. Currently less than 40 percent of blood needed by Cape Cod and Falmouth hospitals is collected on the Cape. The rest must be purchases from off-Cape sources.
The Nauset Club is proud to have been involved with this Cape-wide initiative 
 
 
Thanks in part to the Rotary clubs of Cape Cod, collecting blood for local hospital patients will get easier.
The clubs have raised $100,000 for the purchase of a bloodmobile for the blood center at Cape Cod Healthcare, the parent company of Cape Cod and Falmouth hospitals.
The bloodmobile will allow the organization to collect blood across the Cape by holding drives at businesses, churches, schools and organizations that may not have the space to hold a drive.
All of the blood collected will remain on the Cape, according to a statement by Jim Saben of the Yarmouth Rotary Club. Currently less than 40 percent of blood needed by Cape Cod and Falmouth hospitals is collected on the Cape. The rest must be purchases from off-Cape sources.
The Nauset Club is proud to have been involved with this Cape-wide initiative