In June the Western Cape Blood Service (WCBS) celebrates National Blood Donor Month, the 14th being World Blood Donor Day. During this month the service endeavours to raise awareness of the importance of voluntary blood donation.
This year’s World Blood Donor Day slogan is “Give blood, give plasma, share life, share often.” It focuses on patients requiring life-long transfusion support and underlines the role every single person can play by donating the remarkable gift of life-saving blood or plasma.
To further raise awareness WCBS will join myrun on Sunday, 25 June, at their various events across the Western Cape.
myrun hosts free and safe weekly timed events, bringing like-minded people together, regardless of fitness level. Routes are 2,5 km and 5 km; participants can complete them at their own pace. They are required to do a once-off registration by visiting www.myrun.org.za. The registration has a once-off fee of R79,90 for the timing band. After registration, participants will receive a QR code that must be presented at their myrun venue. A volunteer will link the QR code and the time band to your profile. You can then use this timing band at any myrun event.
