Help Save Babies Like Sofie...AGAIN!

Our 3rd Annual CDH Awareness Blood Drive is set! It will be held on Wednesday, March 31st (CDH Awareness Day) from 10:00 am - 3:00 pm at the same location we were at last year:

Rees Masilionis Turley Architecture
908 Broadway
Kansas City, MO 64106
1st Floor Lobby

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A huge thanks to RMT for hosting our drive again this year. Without you guys, we couldn't make this happen!

Last year we asked Team Sofie to donate blood, and Wow! Our goal was 30 donors, and we had 41 people come to donate!! You guys are awesome!

We couldn't have done it without the help of Team Kinley. So we are teaming up with The Melchers again this year, too. The girls have grown up so much since last year. We're excited to see them to run around and play together!

We're also very excited to be adding Team MJ this year. For those of you not familiar with MJ's story, he was also at Children's Mercy like Kinley and Sofie. MJ fought very bravely for 35 days before becoming an Angel. His identical twin, Will, is healthy and happy and cute as a button. MJ's Mommy and Daddy have been doing some wonderful things to honor MJ's memory, including MJ's Memories and Bracelets for Awareness, and we're honored to have them join us for the blood drive.

Since our goal last year was 30 donors, and you all helped us exceed that by reaching 41, what else could we do but raise our goal?!? This year our goal is at least 50 donors. Come on, Team Sofie, I know we can do it!

CDH babies like Sofie, Kinley, and MJ often need lots of blood transfusions, and their lives depend on donors like you. Sofie received approximately 40-50 transfusions of blood and blood products like platelets while she was on ECMO. She wouldn't be here if it weren't for generous people who volunteered to donate blood.

I know many of you have donated several times in honor of Sofie, and that means a lot to us. Thank you! If you've never donated, please consider it. The first time I donated blood was at our drive last year, and it was so easy! Each donation yields about 1 pint of blood, which can help up to 3 people in need of blood or blood products. Be somebody's hero!

You can sign up for our drive online. It's quick and easy...

1. Log on to www.savealifenow.org If you haven't registered already, you will need to register before you can sign up.
2. Select "Schedule an Appointment" on the right side of the screen.
3. Find the drive by entering sponsor code "sofia".
4. Click on our drive, which is listed as "Rees Masilionis Turley Architecture 1st Floor Lobby"
5. Click the "schedule" link to the right of the time slot you want to sign up for. You will receive a confirmation once your appointment is scheduled.

If you aren't able or don't wish to sign up online, I can sign you up. Just email me at jen@sofiascdhstory.com with the following information:

1. Your first and last name
2. Your zip code
3. Your email address or phone number
4. The time slot you prefer (1st and 2nd choices)

Here is a LINK to the sign-up schedule, so you can see which time slots are still available. If the time slot you want is already full, please email me. We can make it work!

This post will remain at the top of this column until after the blood drive for easy reference. Hope to see you on March 31st!!