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Coordinated Blood of the Martyrs Blood Drives Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
“What are we going to do for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Dad?”
Thursday, January 15, 2004 — The Coordinated Blood of the Martyrs Blood Drive honoring the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. began as a result of a simple question from a teenager, the desire by a Catholic Bishop to honor Dr. King and the subsequent cooperation of a number of organizations, the Mid-Michigan Red Cross, and the Diocese of Lansing spearheading the concept. While various entities such as schools, churches, government institutions and others had previously held singular blood drives on the federal holiday honoring Dr. King, there had never been a coordinated effort to publicize them all nor to educate the public about the need for such self-sacrificial giving on such a wide scale.
"When Bishop Carl Mengeling approached me four years ago to inquire about a way of celebrating Dr. King's holiday, I didn't know at that time that his request, my son's question and my work with the Great Lakes Region and Southeastern Michigan Region of the American Red Cross, Dow Corning and Dow Chemical as well as the National Black Catholic Congress and American National Red Cross would result in blood supplies for nearly 20,000 people in just three years," says Ronald Landfair, M.P.S., Director, Black Catholic Ministry of the Catholic Diocese of Lansing. Coinciding with National Blood Donor Month, the January drives have helped to shore up blood supplies during a historical low donor period, as well as providing a potential fruitful inroad into communities such as the African-American community who historically have had low donation rates. This then has become one way, one response to Dr. King's vision-to truly do something for someone else. That something is to give the ultimate gift, the Gift of Life!
Blood Drives Being Held:
Dallas
Blood Drives will be taking place as follows:
- January 17- American Red Cross Offices (I-635 & Webb Chapel @ RHD Hospital)
9:00am-1:00pm
- January 18- St. Luke Community United Methodist Church (former sanctuary, 5710 E. L Thornton)
9:00am-2:00pm
- January 18- Holy Family Catholic Church (bloodmobile, 2323 Cheyenne, Irving)
8:00am-1:00pm
- January 18- St. Luke Catholic Church (reserved room, 202 S. MacArthur, Irving)
8:00am-1:00pm
- January 18- St. Rita Catholic Church (bloodmobile, 12521 Inwood @ North Dallas
Tollway) 8:00am-1:00pm
- January 18- Holy Cross Catholic Church (Thea Bowman Hall Rm 113, 4910 Bonnie
View Rd near Ledbetter) 9:00am-2:00pm
- January 20- KPMG, LLP (downtown Dallas) 9:30am-3:00pm
Detroit
- January 12- 1st Baptist Church, Canton; Union Lake Baptist Church, Commerce; New
Prospect Baptist Church (also Bone Marrow), Detroit; Covenant Presbyterian
Church, Ann Arbor
- January 14- Masonic Temple, Romeo; Oakman Elementary School (also Bone Marrow),
Detroit
- January 15- U.S. Post Office, Plymouth; Kenneth L. Mitchell Detroit Donor Center (Red
Cross site, also Bone Marrow)
- January 16- Randolph Elementary School, Livonia; Providence Hospital Medical Center,
Livonia
- January 17- Northridge Church, Plymouth
- January 18- St. Cyril of Jerusalem Catholic Church, Taylor; St. Agatha Catholic Church,
Redford; St. Kenneth Catholic Church, Farmington; St. Fabian Catholic Church, Farmington Hills; St. Mary's Catholic Church, Milford; St. Thomas Catholic Church, Ann Arbor
- January 19- St. Scholastica Catholic Church (also Bone Marrow), Detroit; Our Shepherd
Lutheran Church, Birmingham; North Congregational Church, Farminington Hills; St. John's Episcopal Church, Royal Oak; Beverly Hills Methodist Church, Beverly Hills; St. Timothy Presbyterian Church, Livonia; St. Paul Lutheran Church, Royal Oak; St. John CME Church (also Bone Marrow), Detroit; Discovery Middle School, Canton; Peace Lutheran Church, Ann Arbor; Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Ypsilanti
- January 20- Knights of Columbus, Armada; St. Patrick Catholic Church, Ann Arbor; U of
M Hospital Health Care, Ann Arbor; Sports Club of Novi
- January 21- Detroit Public Library Staff Association (also Bone Marrow), Detroit;
General Dynamics Land Systems, Sterling Heights; Novi City Employees
- January 22- Ameritech Service Systems, Southfield; St. Michael Lutheran Church,
Canton
- January 23- Abiding Presence Lutheran Church, Rochester; Knights of Columbus,
Marysville; Ebeling Elementary School, Macomb
- January 25- Knights of Columbus, Yale; St. John Neumann Catholic Church, Canton;
Nardin Park United Methodist Church, Farmington Hills; St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Ann Arbor
Diocese of Gary
Blood Drives will be taking place as follows:
- January 8- St. Matthias, Crown Point 1:00pm-7:00pm
- January 15- Calumet College of St. Joseph, Whiting 11:30am- 5:30pm
- January 17- St. John the Baptist, Whiting 10:00am-2:00pm
- January 18- Cathedral of the Holy Angels, Gary 10:00am-2:00pm
- January 18- Our Lady of Consolation, Merrillville 9:00am-1:00pm
- January 19- St. Teresa of Avila, Valparaiso 2:00pm-7:00pm
- January 27- Marquette High School, Michigan City 12:00pm-6:00pm
- January 29- St. Joseph, LaPorte 3:00pm-7:00pm
- February 11- St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Valparaiso 3:00pm-7:00pm
Diocese of Lansing
Blood Drives will be taking place as follows:
- January 14- American Red Cross, Flint 12:00pm-5:45pm
- January 14- American Red Cross, Lansing 7:00am-6:45pm
- January 15- American Red Cross, Lansing 12:00pm-5:45pm
- January 16- American Red Cross, Flint 9:00am-2:45pm
- January 16- American Red Cross, Lansing 9:00am-2:45pm
- January 16- St. Joseph Mercy Livingston Hospital, Howell 10:00am-3:45pm
- January 16- St. Mary's, Jackson 12:00pm-5:45pm
- January 17- American Red Cross, Lansing 8:00am-12:45pm
- January 17- St. Gerard's Church, Lansing 8:00am-1:45pm
- January 17- St. Mary Magdalen, Brighton 10:00am-3:45pm
- January 19- St. Mary's Catholic Church, Adrian 11:00am-4:45pm
- January 19- American Red Cross, Flint 12:00pm- 5:45pm
- January 19- American Red Cross, Lansing 12:00pm-5:45pm
- January 19- First Presbyterian Church, Jackson 11:00am-4:45pm
- January 19- Heart Of The Lakes Church, Brooklyn 1:00pm-6:45pm
- January 19- Immaculate Heart of Mary, Lansing 2:00pm-7:45pm
- January 19- St. Agnes Church, Flint 9:00am-2:45pm
- January 20- American Red Cross, Lansing 12:00pm-5:45pm
Diocese of Raleigh
The Office of African Ancestry Ministry & Evangelization will sponsor on January 24th a Martin Luther King, Jr Blood Drive and Healthfair. Along with the blood donations, there will be cholesterol screening, diabetic screening, and high blood pressure checkups. It will be held at the St. Alphonsus Center in Wilson, NC from 10:00am-7:00pm.
Diocese of Springfield
The Black Catholic Apostolate Diocese of Springfield, MA will hold a blood drive in conjunction with Martin Luther King celebration on January 19. It will be held at Holy Family Rectory 235 Eastern Avenue Springfield, MA 01109.
Diocese of Trenton
Blood Drives will be taking place as follows:
- January 18- Our Lady of the Divine Shepard Church in Trenton
- January 25- Church of St. Anthony in Red Bank
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