Saturday, 31Jul10, Paramus, NJ
Blood fact: “Dr. Karl Landsteiner first identified the major human blood groups: A,B, AB, and O … in 1901.”
Wow! What a day! Do you want to hear the best kept secret in the nation? Yep, it’s true … Paramus, NJ, is a beautiful place! If you ever want to see New York … come to Paramus, NJ, then it’s just a short 23 mile hop to New York from there!
Thank you … thank you … thank you to … Karen F., Mary Ann and the Community Blood Services in Paramus … you are all amazing and I personally had a wonderful time visiting with their staff and their donors!
- To give you an idea how much I enjoyed myself here are a few of the people I met: Mary Ann, Rich, karen, Vernon, Gary, Patty, Eva, Chief Koenemund, Dr Ron Walsh, FF Ken K, the photographer from the Record/Herald News … Viorel Floresco, Oriana ( a young volunteer), Nicole and YoMary (1st time donors), Tania, Jonathon, Gloria, Margarita, Ellen, Stan S., Joe G., Allen, Andrew, Scott, Mike, John, Steve, Jimmy, Bob, Milt C., Rich L, Sachi Fujimori(staff reporter for The Record)Dennis Niland (newsphotoman@aol.com , www.njcops.com ), Janaki, Rupal, Linda, Estrella, Karen, Heta, Doreen S., Harry P., Alred A., Erika M, Kazuo M., Richard S, Chief James S., Dr. Ron Walsh, Vernon Reed and many others … I almost forgot to thank “Bea” who was the 1st person to greet me when I arrived … she is now nicknamed “Queen B”…
To all the staff and donors at Community Blood Services in Paramus, NJ … thank you for a beautiful day and thank you for the honor of spending some of the day with each of you …
Talk to you tomorrow from Bethlehem and Emmaus, PA …