Red Cross rep introduced

Mr Bob Russell from the Red Cross Blood Service has introduced its new Central Coast and Hunter marketing representative, Kristen Schiemer, to the Rotary Club of Umina Beach.

To celebrate the "Vampire Cup" promotion, designed to seek blood donors from the local community, a special visit by James Harrison was welcomed.

James has made a total of 845 donations of plasma and whole blood, and for this received the Order of Australia as well as making the Guinness Book of Records.

Rotary member Geoff Melville said this was a truly a remarkable record considering that for many decades only three per cent of the population of Australia regularly donated blood.

He added that it was more remarkable because during their lifetime some 80 per cent of Australians will need blood.

Email, November 19 Geoff Melville, Rotary Club of Umina