Every Step We Take... Adds A Drop of Blood to fill Ocean of Need
2nd Anniversary.
On the 14th of Nov 2007, friends2support will be celebrating its 2nd anniversary. It has been a remarkable journey so far and we have grown in leaps and bounds since making a small beginning in Guntur. Today we have close to 20,000 registered voluntary donors and we have helped save many lives but the journey has only just begun and there is lots more to do. To celebrate the occasion of our 2nd anniversary, we are planning to conduct an event on 11th Nov, a Sunday because 14th happens to be a working day.
The event: A 1 km backward walk, followed by a 4 km forward walk.
The Venue: Necklace Road
Time: 7 am
The significance:
The backward walk signifies the fact that even in the 21st century, with such advancement in the society, people are still dying due to the lack of blood in times of emergency. Moreover, a vast majority of the population are still apprehensive to donate blood fearing that it would affect their health. During the backward walk we would also be spreading an awareness of the need to donate blood through slogans and also educate people with the medical facts about blood donation through pamphlets, posters and banners.
The forward walk signifies that there is a ray of hope, a solution to this problem, being provided by friends2support. We as an organisation are providing the platform to connect the needy to the donor thus ensuring that lives are not lost due to lack of blood. Moreover, friends2support also educates people on the positives of blood donation, the number of lives one donation can save and the fact that blood donation does not harm anyone.
To make this walk a huge success, we request each of you to join us on the day to show your support to the cause. If you want to volunteer or help in anyway, do let us know.
Thanking you all,
Team friends2support.org
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Dear Friends
We are happy to inform you that in just 2years we have over 20,000 donors and 50 members from various parts of the country.
We are aiming to publicize about our site to the maximum extent, either by word of mouth or through the Internet. If we keep going at this rate, we should easily expand our network and get 50000 blood donors enrolled by next year.
We should be able to cater the blood need of atleast 10% of the Indain population. It is not a difficault task at all if we keep spreading through word about our noble cause. We hope that any person who is in need of blood will visit our site and use our services and we wish he will definitely get the required donor information. Our sole aim is to reach out to maximum number of people possible.
We are planning to extend our services to all those who are in need of blood through the 24 hours Helpline facility. We will provide you more information on this after this comes into place.
In order to make friends2support work more efficiently, we have defined our roles rather than just being called as members. All of us have to play a role in making friends2support a huge success.
We are also trying to reach atleast 2 or 3 villages and render our services for the cause of Child Education. We are collecting the necessary information and wish to execute our plans after analysing the situation over there.
We hope each one of you will come forward with your suggestions, support and help us make our projects a big success. |