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Video:Kenyans & Americans Honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Day by Donating Blood

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January 18, 2017
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Sam Mbugua,a Kenyan Community leader in New England  and one of the Kenyan MLK blood donation event founder reclines on a chair inside the Red Cross mobile bus getting ready to donate blood. Pic Sam Mwaura/Samrack Media   Lowell,Massachusetts

Kenyans & Americans Honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Day by Donating Blood

By Sam Mwaura/Samrack Media

Americans and Kenyans  living in the greater Lowell,Massachusetts gathered  at St Stephens Church Lowell in  memory of the life of  Dr.Martin Luther King, Jr.

Donors and others in attendance  were offered two ways to learn more about the Civil Rights Movement and give back to the community through blood donation.

The St Stephen’s Church Lowell and  Red Cross Blood drive was held on  on January 16th 2017 Martin Luther King day  from 1 pm to 6Pm

According to the Red Cross “Every 8 minutes the American Red Cross responds to an emergency” and thus donating Blood makes a huge difference in the lives of others who are in need.

This was  the Third Annual Blood Drive and our 15th Blood drive since we launched the drive for Kenyans on Martin Luther Kings day said  Sam Mbugua an original  founder member  of the MLK blood drive in conjunction with the Red Cross.

One could schedule  appointment online or just  show up at the St Stephen’s hall Church down stairs and register where they met Dr.Ngigi  and Prof.Kinyanjui and others to help with the registration process.

The  Successful event attracted both Kenyan -Americans and Americans living in the greater Lowell region  of which 70% in attendance were Americans who registered online and came early to donate blood.

The donors were then given a $5 dollar Dunkin Donuts card and then  offered snack,fruits and mandazis and refreshment at the St Stephens Church hall.

Speaking to one American donor,she came to donate blood as her mother was a few years diagnosed with Leukemia( cancer of blood cells or bone marrow) and recently benefited from a generous blood donor and thus the need to give back to the community by donating blood.

The event is held annually on Martin Luther King Jr Day at the St Stephens church Lowell, Massachusetts in conjunction with Red Cross who are responsible for processing all the paperwork,registration,the screening,donation  and the storage of the blood collected which is then transferred to a blood bank.

A special thank you from St Stephens Church,the founders of the Kenyan MLK Blood donation,the Red Cross,the event  organizers, all the donors and all those who played a role to make this noble charitable  cause a huge Success,not forgetting  celebrating  and honoring  the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr and to provide blood to patients in our community.

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