On 7 October, in collaboration with the French Blood Institute, the Rotary Club of Chartres, chaired by Nelly Moreau, organized its traditional fundraising event, “My blood for others”, at the Nogent cultural hall. -le-Phaye. .
Jacky Duperche, member of the Rotary Club of Chartres and administrator of Acef Val de France (Association for the credit and savings of civil servants), a privileged partner of the Rotary Club of Chartres, recalls that this action, which he initiated in 2012, says Il Rotary’s desire to act concretely and sustainably in one of its priority areas of action: health and the search for new donors.
Need
“It is ‘The strength of the collective’, the slogan of Acef, which makes it possible to carry out this convivial action with the French Blood Institute, which has a monopoly on blood transfusions and the Association for the voluntary donation of blood of Chartres Métropole , which carries out blood promotion actions and participates in the organization of collections. “
“Since we believe that blood donation is not a donation like any other, Acef supports this service club with 10,000 euros for the benefit of blood donation, for eleven years”, added Jacky Duperche, recalling that the need for blood products is in constant increase “in the face of a number of donors less than 4% of the population”.
IN NUMBERS
83
bags of blood collected.
9
new donors identified.
