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CVEC Hosts Blood Drive, CHAP Screening
TALLADEGA, Ala. - Coosa Valley Electric Cooperative will host a blood drive
and a Community Health Awareness Program for blood screenings on Wednesday,
July 11.
The blood drive will be held in cooperation with the North Talladega County
Chapter of the American Red Cross from 7 a.m. until noon.
The CHAP screenings will start at 7:30 a.m. and finish at 10:30 a.m. with the
help of personnel from Citizens Baptist Medical Center.
CHAP screenings will include tests for cholesterol, triglycerides, potassium,
liver enzymes and glucose among others. There is no charge for the screenings
for CVEC members 65 and older. CVEC members 64 and younger pay $5, and nonmembers
pay $7.
"We hope that everybody in the community will come out and support this
worthwhile effort," said Frank Kujawski, CVEC general manager. "It's
an opportunity for people to have their blood screened and, if they can, provide
the gift of life to somebody else."
Coosa Valley Electric, which serves more than 15,000 customers in Talladega,
St. Clair, Shelby, Clay, Etowah and Calhoun counties, is a Touchstone Energy7
cooperative. Nationwide, some 1,000 cooperatives provide power to rural America,
and 570 of those operate under the Touchstone Energy umbrella.
For more information, contact:
Jon Cullimore 362-4180 or 1-800-273-7210, ext. 225, Fax: 256-761-2615, Cell: 256-299-0551
Barbara Edmondson 1-800-273-7210, ext. 224
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