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LIFEBLOOD TO CELEBRATE SIXTH ANNUAL DONOR FEST AT ST. BENEDICT WITH GOAL OF 1,963 DONATIONS IN ONE WEEK (Memphis, TN) – During summer months the need for blood remains high but donations often do not. To encourage donors to keep donating through the critical summer months, Lifeblood will be holding its sixth annual Donor Fest event June 8-13. Donor Fest is a week-long blood drive blitz, and this year’s goal is to collect more than 1,963 units of blood and platelets in honor of the year that the community’s only local, nonprofit volunteer blood bank was founded. As in past years, the week will be capped by a community event that celebrates all volunteer blood donors, recipients and their families. Participants are invited to wear red and gather at 9:30 a.m., Saturday, June 13 on Saint Benedict at Auburndale High School’s soccer field (8250 Varnavas Dr, Cordova). The celebration will include food, a blood drive, balloon animals, face painting, donor recognition and more. At 10:00 a.m. participants will line up to form a human blood drop in an attempt to break the current U.S. record for similar formations. All Lifeblood donors who give blood or platelets between May 11 and June 13 will receive a red limitededition 2015 Donor Fest T-shirt to wear to the event. Donor Fest is celebrated in conjunction with World Blood Donor Day, June 14. World Blood Donor Day serves to raise awareness of the need for safe blood and blood products. The special day is also a chance to thank voluntary, unpaid blood donors for their life-saving gifts of blood. The Mid-South is home to a unique medical community with a Level 1 trauma center, pediatric hospital, children’s cancer research hospital, and many other health facilities that need blood throughout the year. For information about Donor Fest, visit DonorFest.org or call 901-522-8585.