“King Fights Cancer” Childhood Cancer Awareness Month Blood Drive

"King Fights Cancer" Childhood Cancer Awareness Month Blood Drive @ Helen Marshall Cultural Center at Queens Borough Hall
Sep
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"King Fights Cancer" Childhood Cancer Awareness Month Blood Drive
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New York Blood Center (NYBC) will be partnering with the Singh Family, Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson, Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine and Queens Borough President Donovan Richards to spread awareness about childhood cancer and the need for life-saving blood donations for cancer treatment. King Singh was born with a rare blood disease for which there is no cure and relies on blood donations to keep him alive. He was diagnosed with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia at the age of two and underwent years of chemotherapy, along with numerous life-saving blood transfusions. The Singh Family has been a long-time advocate for NYBC, hosting blood drives and spreading awareness of the need for blood. They also founded the King Fights Cancer Foundation, which will be hosting a toy drive at each participating blood drive to collect toys to be donated to pediatric patients suffering from cancer or other life-threatening illnesses. The Singh Family will be promoting a blood drive in four of the five boroughs in partnership with each Borough President. The Queens blood drive will be held at Queens Borough Hall  (120-55 Queens Blvd, Queens, NY 11424) on Wednesday, September 27, 2023 from 12:00pm to 6:00pm Make an appointment to donate at https://donate.nybc.org/donor/schedules/zip  Appointments are encouraged, but walk-ins will be accommodated if space permits. Donors remember to eat, drink and bring your donor ID card or ID with name and photo when coming to donate. You may also bring a toy donation for the King Fights Cancer Foundation. Each toy will be shared with a sick child in need of a smile. Collection boxes will be available at the blood drive.
Date and Time
September 27, 2023 @ 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm America/New York Timezone
Location
Helen Marshall Cultural Center at Queens Borough Hall
120-55 Queens Boulevard
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New York Blood Center (NYBC) will be partnering with the Singh Family, Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson, Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine and Queens Borough President Donovan Richards to spread awareness about childhood cancer and the need for life-saving blood donations for cancer treatment.

King Singh was born with a rare blood disease for which there is no cure and relies on blood donations to keep him alive. He was diagnosed with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia at the age of two and underwent years of chemotherapy, along with numerous life-saving blood transfusions. The Singh Family has been a long-time advocate for NYBC, hosting blood drives and spreading awareness of the need for blood. They also founded the King Fights Cancer Foundation, which will be hosting a toy drive at each participating blood drive to collect toys to be donated to pediatric patients suffering from cancer or other life-threatening illnesses.

The Singh Family will be promoting a blood drive in four of the five boroughs in partnership with each Borough President.

The Queens blood drive will be held at Queens Borough Hall  (120-55 Queens Blvd, Queens, NY 11424) on Wednesday, September 27, 2023 from 12:00pm to 6:00pm

Make an appointment to donate at https://donate.nybc.org/donor/schedules/zip 

Appointments are encouraged, but walk-ins will be accommodated if space permits.

Donors remember to eat, drink and bring your donor ID card or ID with name and photo when coming to donate.

You may also bring a toy donation for the King Fights Cancer Foundation. Each toy will be shared with a sick child in need of a smile. Collection boxes will be available at the blood drive.