Bill Text: GA HR78 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: LifeSouth Community Blood Centers; commend
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-01-27 - House Read and Adopted [HR78 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-HR78-Introduced.html
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House
Resolution 78
By:
Representatives Mosby of the
90th,
Parsons of the
42nd,
and Rice of the
51st
A
RESOLUTION
Recognizing
and commending LifeSouth Community Blood Centers; and for other
purposes.
WHEREAS,
LifeSouth Community Blood Centers is the eighth largest blood provider in the
United States, collecting and supplying blood for more than 110 medical
facilities in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia; and
WHEREAS,
a nonprofit organization, LifeSouth's mission is to provide a safe blood supply
that meets or exceeds the needs of local communities and provide patients with
services in support of blood and transfusion related activities;
and
WHEREAS,
sickle cell disease affects an estimated 70,000 to 100,000 Americans, and the
sickle cell trait occurs in about one in 12 African Americans; and
WHEREAS,
the life expectancy of an individual with sickle cell disease is approximately
40 years, and those living with the disease may require blood transfusions every
four weeks over their lifetime; and
WHEREAS,
blood transfusions increase the number of good red blood cells in the blood
stream and are the best treatment to alleviate the effects of sickle cell
disease; and
WHEREAS,
in an effort to mitigate some of the complications due to numerous blood
transfusions during the life of a sickle cell patient, LifeSouth has developed
the Sickle Cell Hero Program, which is designed to match sickle cell patients
with specific donors through a comprehensive blood matching system;
and
WHEREAS,
the Sickle Cell Hero Program is part of a larger initiative of the Five Points
of Life Foundation, which educates and raises awareness of the five ways to
share life with others through the donation of blood, apheresis, marrow, cord
blood, and organ and tissue;
and
WHEREAS, LifeSouth works diligently to remind Americans that January is National Blood Donor Month, encouraging people to give the life-saving and selfless gift of blood that is vital to each and every community; and
WHEREAS, LifeSouth works diligently to remind Americans that January is National Blood Donor Month, encouraging people to give the life-saving and selfless gift of blood that is vital to each and every community; and
WHEREAS,
the dedication to improving the lives of Georgians consistently demonstrated by
this outstanding corporate citizen is worthy of recognition.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of
this body commend LifeSouth Community Blood Centers for its commitment to
helping those living with sickle cell disease through its Sickle Cell Hero
Program.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized
and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to LifeSouth
Community Blood Centers.
