[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 31 (Tuesday, February 28, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E271]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      IN CELEBRATION OF AMERICA'S BLOOD CENTERS' 50TH ANNIVERSARY

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                           HON. WALLY HERGER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 28, 2012

  Mr. HERGER. Mr. Speaker, America's Blood Centers is North America's 
largest network of community-based, independent, non-profit blood 
centers. I congratulate ABC on its half-century anniversary and applaud 
its continued mission to help member blood centers serve their 
communities.
   BloodSource is the blood center in Northern California. A regional, 
non-profit organization, BloodSource provides blood and services in ten 
counties within California's Second Congressional District and sixteen 
other counties in the state. In my district, BloodSource operates two 
major regional blood centers and one community donor center. Every day 
BloodSource conducts multiple blood donor drives to assure a safe and 
plentiful blood supply for the people who receive care in thirteen 
hospitals I represent.
   I am proud to be a BloodSource blood donor and honored to represent 
90,000 BloodSource blood donors. I have had the privilege of sponsoring 
BloodSource blood drives for several years. I applaud the efforts of 
BloodSource to make certain that every patient has the blood and blood 
components needed, wherever and whenever the need.
   I join BloodSource in celebrating the 50th anniversary of ABC. 
Together with its members, ABC provides half of the American and a 
quarter of the Canadian blood supply to more than 150 million patients 
who receive care in 3,500 hospitals and healthcare facilities across 
North America. The work of ABC members impacts all of us.
   Congratulations to America's Blood Centers. Because of their work, 
lives are being saved in cities and towns across the nation.

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