For Immediate Release Contact:

Yesenia Olide
cell 214.926.9175
yolide@outlook.com
*** MEDIA ALERT ***
Texas Rangers make it a Carter BloodCare night
The American League Championship baseball club will host Carter BloodCare and
celebrate blood donors and recipients
WAT:
Rangers Baseball lub celebrates local !atients t"at recei#e blood trans$usions $rom
arter Bloodare and t"e donors t"at sustain t"e community blood su!!ly.
WE! " WERE:
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Rangers Ball!ark in %rlington
1&&& Ball!ark 'ay
%rlington( )* 76&11
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. /0m0 to 1 /0m0: Blood +ri#e, -olan Ryan ./!ress0ay across $rom t"e FIR,T
Base entrance on t"e arter Bloodare bus
.:.2 /0m0: .ig"t1year1old -ort" )e/as cancer sur#i#or ollin Boyd2s baseball
team( t"e )yler +iamond 3a//s( arri#e by bus at t"e Ball!ark at %rlington along
0it" 74 ot"er $olks to c"eer on ollin Boyd as "e t"ro0s out t"e $irst !itc".
2:3) /0m0: One1on1one media inter#ie0s 0it" ollin Boyd, 5eet 0it" )e/as
Rangers media relations in $ront o$ 6O5. 78%). entrance at 5,9& !.m. s"ar!(
t"ey 0ill escort media do0n to media room $or inter#ie0s
4:)2 /0m0: ollin Boyd t"ro0s out t"e $irst !itc".
W5:
.#ery 9& seconds a local !atient 0it"in t"e arter Bloodare ser#ice area re:uires
a blood trans$usion. 7atient( ollin Boyd 0ill t"ro0 out t"e $irst !itc" during t"e
)e/as Rangers game to celebrate t"e !atients t"at rely on arter Bloodare
donors $or li$e sustaining blood trans$usions.
.#ery !erson 0"o gi#es blood in 3uly 0ill recei#e a buy1one1get1one1$ree
;BO<O= )e/as Rangers s!ecial ticket o$$er and 0ill also be entered to 0in ot"er
great gi#ea0ays $or more in$ormation #isit, greatamericangi#e.org.
>a#ing money on baseball tickets is great( but sa#ing t"ree li#es 0it" ?ust one !int
o$ blood is !riceless. <i#ing blood is a !o0er$ul act o$ community ser#ice
because it is al0ays li$e1en"ancing( li$e1!rolonging or li$e1sa#ing.
>ummer is t"e most c"allenging season to maintain t"e community blood su!!ly.
+onors are $e0er in number and t"e need $or blood by local "os!itals is "ig"er
t"an usual. arter Bloodare must see a!!ro/imately 1(1&& donors e#ery day in
order to meet t"e needs o$ local "os!itals.
FACT,:
7otential donors can be 16 years old 0it" a !arent2s consent@ 171year1olds may donate
inde!endently. )"ere is no u!!er age limit $or donating blood. %ll donors must 0eig" at
least 11& !ounds( be in good general "ealt" and !resent a !"oto A+. Adeally( a donor
s"ould also eat a good meal and drink !lenty o$ $luids be$ore gi#ing blood. Bor more
in$ormation about donor eligibility( call arter Bloodare at 114&&1+O-%).14 or #isit
carterbloodcare.org.
AB6-T CARTER BL66DCARE:
arter Bloodare2s #olunteer donors !ro#ide li$esa#ing blood $or !atients at o#er 2&&
"ealt"care $acilities in 54 counties in -ort"( entral and .ast )e/as. arter Bloodare is
t"e largest not1$or1!ro$it 5&1;c= ;9= community blood center in )e/as and is accredited by
t"e %merican %ssociation o$ Blood Banks( licensed by t"e Bood and +rug %dministration
and is a member o$ %merica2s Blood enters.
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