The St. Ephrem Youth Program is holding a Blood Drive on
Oct. 21 in honor of Tommy Guardavaccaro, a child of our parish who has recently begun treatment for
Leukemia. The drive is being chaired by Frank Spadaro, who has been the driving
force behind our past very successful drives.
Tommy attends third grade at St .Ephrem School and
participates in several of the sports programs at St. Ephrem, including
Basketball and Flag Football. He
is currently undergoing treatment at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital in
Manhattan. As part of that
treatment, Tommy will be receiving blood transfusions.
Over the last several years, we have had the opportunity
to host blood drives for other sick children that had ties to the parish; Jack
Rubin, George Fischetti and McKenna Coyle, all were diagnosed with serious diseases
that required blood transfusions.
We are very happy to report that all three children are doing very well,
and we know that with the help of the parish, Tommy will be able to have the
same results.
The drive will be held in the St. Ephrem Old School Hall
on Oct. 21, 2012 between 8:30AM and 3:00PM. You can make an appointment to donate by calling either
Frank Spadaro at 917-364-3323 or Joe Guarino at 718-833-6467; or you can just
drop in. The people of St. Ephrem have always responded when asked to help
others in need, as a matter of fact the parish was presented with an award in
2011 by Bishop Dimarzio for having the most successful Blood Drive in the
entire diocese.
Please remember Tommy in your prayers and make an
appointment to donate the “gift of life”.
Be a giver of life and donate a pint of blood on October 21. We have successfully helped three of
our own so far; let’s all help to make Tommy Guardavaccara another success story.
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