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 Get
your tickets today for the Rotary Club of Branchburg TRIMA Machine Drive's
Mother's Day raffle of this beautiful necklace. It's custom-designed
by Hasbani, and made of yellow gold, featuring a large princess-cut citrine,
surrounded by diamonds as well as 77 sapphires that have a total weight of 2.47
carats. Retail value is $3,500.
The
TRIMA Machine Drive extends a special thanks to Roman Jewelers of
Flemington and Bridgewater for this dazzling, one-of-a-kind piece. You
can view more of their beautiful jewelry at: www.roman-jewelers.com.
Tickets
are $10 apiece for the raffle. Drawing will be at the regular meeting of
the Rotary Club of Branchburg, at Loukas Diner, 7:30 AM, Wednesday, May
7.
For
tickets and more information, contact Chip Hughes at (908) 334-2329 or
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TRIMA Machine Drive Mission Statement
You are in a major auto accident and rushed to the hospital. You are having surgery. You are elderly and severely anemic, you have a blood cancer or are undergoing chemotherapy. You need a blood transfusion, platelet transfusion, or plasma transfusion. You never think to worry about it; the blood and blood products will be there when you need them. Or will they? The pool of available blood donors grows smaller each day. To keep the blood supply safe, fewer people are eligible to give. Those that do give can only give once every 6 weeks. What if you need blood… and it is not there?
Blood donation and blood banking are a very vital part of medical care. It is not something we often think about, but when you need it, you don’t want to hear that the blood “will be here in a few hours” after it is driven from a central location. When you or your family member needs a transfusion, you don’t want to wait or hear that there is a shortage. Until today, Somerset Medical Center has been able to keep up with the blood supply needs of its patients. With the addition of the new Steeplechase Cancer Center, the need for blood and blood products will greatly increase. The question is how best to do this.
The Rotary Club of Branchburg has taken a long look at this subject along with the blood bank at the hospital. The best answer is called a TRIMA Accel Collection System. This machine will allow the specific donation of red cells, platelets or plasma. This will allow for donors to give far more often, keeping the blood supply flowing at the hospital. The Rotary is always looking for local and international projects to help the community. In the past we built the playground in White Oak Park and last year we constructed the Challenger Baseball Field next to Old York School. This year we are looking to serve the larger community of Somerset County with the purchase of this vital machine.
While the hospital is building its new facilities it is not able to upgrade in some areas, even though it would greatly benefit the hospital and its patients. That is where Rotary comes in- helping in the community – for the good of all concerned. The cost of this machine is $85,000. We are appealing to the general community to help us in our fundraising efforts to purchase this machine for the hospital and for the common good.
Blood is life. Blood is lifesaving. Healthy blood is hard to find, and the demand keeps growing. Help us to help you. Help us to keep the supply safe and abundant at our local hospital! Your support has always been appreciated in the past, and we are looking to you again. Together we can and do make a difference.
Sincerely,
Julie Ann S. Juliano, MD
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