Seattle 4 is helping Bloodworks NW at Bloodwork’s two-day Pop-Up Site Blood Drive at the Seattle Aquarium on Tuesday February 16 and Wednesday February 17 and they could use our assistance.
The Pop-Up site is in the Aquarium’s Mezzanine Cafe and could be hard for some people to find. A way around this predicament is to recruit greeters and guides to provide needed direction. It seems like it’s a perfect opportunity for Rotary!
I have this picture in my mind of folks, in their best Rotary garb, complete with a Rotary Facemask, giving this needed guidance. I see Rotary brochures displayed on the table out front enticing donors to join a local Club. My vision also includes many Rotarians lending their arms at the Aquarium doing their part to to save up to three tives.
Our idea is to split the days up into at least one-hour segments (perhaps two to three people in each segment). This requires a lot of Rotary People Power as Tuesday’s drive is from 9 am to 4 pm and Wednesday’s is from 9 am to 5 pm.
Blood donors are required to register before their donation. Use of this link, https://dslnk.co/Rotary5030, helps Bloodworks track that the donor is a District 5030 Rotarian. I’m scheduled to donate at Noon on that Tuesday.
Please send Jaime Mendez (Seattle 4 Volunteer Coordinator) and me the names of the individuals who would like to be part of the greeter/guide team. It would be nice to include the name of their club, as well as the times and date they’d like to help out. We will put together a final volunteer schedule as soon as we know how many people we have to work with.
Thank you for your cooperation and for being a leader in Rotary District 5030!
Alan Merry
Past District Governor
Rotary District 5030