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District 12 News
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Post 797, MCFSC Blood Drive for the
Troops
Gahanna Post 797 and the Marine Corps
Family Support Community (MCFSC) collected
needed pints of blood during a drive for
the troops on December 29. Ever since they
found out last summer that the only way
blood could be donated to the military was
through the Armed Service Blood Program
(ASBP) on DOD property. Post 797, the
MCFSC and the 12th District Council has
promised to have a drive every two months.
"We will be trying to get every Veterans
Service Organization in Franklin County
involved," stated Pete Margaritis, Blood
Drive Chairman for Post 797 and the 12th
District. Post 797 and the MCFSC has been
able to change 50-year-old DOD policy on
allowing civilians to donate to the
military blood supply but they are still
required to run the drive on DOD property.
The Post is working with a local Army
Reserve center to run the drives. The
military needs over 360 pints a day. The
ASBP professionals from Wright-Patterson
Air Force Base come to Columbus to draw
and handle the blood. They have promised
that each pint of blood that they collect
will be in the bodies of our troops within
one week from the time they draw it.
"There is no project that the Legion can
do that is more important than this, said
Pete, "this is what I joined the Legion
for."
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VA Clinic tour
Commander Mike Morman, National Vice
Commander David Korth, Columbus VA OPC
Associate Director John Glacken, and
Columbus VA OPC Chief, Voluntary Services,
Anthony Stevens tour the new Columbus
Outpatient Clinic scheduled to open this
summer.
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Gahanna High Memorial marks
anniversary
November 12, 2007, was the one-year
anniversary of the Gahanna Lincoln High
School Memorial. The American Legion
Department of Ohio bought a stone in the
memorial. 1st Vice Commander Bob Kimball
was present for the unveiling of the
stone. It is remarkable that High School
students erected this memorial within one
year. Gahanna Post 797 did a wonderful job
presenting colors and firing a 21-gun
salute.
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