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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:blue'>Ladies and Gentlemen,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:blue'>The following message came in to our State Captain from Carter
BloodCare and we are passing it on for general information to you. Thank
you for all you do for those we serve.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:blue'>Steve Lucas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:blue'>Deputy State Captain<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:blue'>North Texas PGR<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>First off
I would like to thank you and the PGR for all that you do to support our men
and women of our armed forces. I am a veteran of the Iraq war and I was truly
honored to serve my country, so again as a vet I would to tell you thank you.
Carter BloodCare is Texas’ largest blood banking system and 4<sup>th</sup>
largest in the United States. We service over 250 healthcare facilities in the
DFW, Tyler, and Waco area. We operate anywhere between 30 and 40 blood drives a
day and that is 365 days a year. Some of the drives are held at our local
donation facilities that we have in the greater Dallas-Fort Worth area.
As the Marketing Coordinator for Carter BloodCare one my responsibilities
is to help coordinate the large blood drives that we have at many of local
donation collection facilities and really attempt to make those drives a real
event and fun for everyone involved. I come to you today to possibly get your
assistance in two drives that we have coming up. On Memorial Day at our Cedar
Hill location we are going to be having one such drive. Our theme for that is
going to military and veterans. On June 20<sup>th</sup> at our Grand Prairie
Donor Center we are having another drive, and the theme for that is Real
Heroes. I would like to see if we might be able to get some of the guys and
girls come out to these events and possibly donate their time by meeting some
of our donors and maybe even donate themselves. If you feel like this would be
something that you and the PGR might like to participate in please let me know.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Joshua
Schmidt<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>“Rangers
Lead the Way”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"CG Times","serif";color:black'>Joshua Schmidt</span></b><b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"CG Times","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto'><span style='font-family:"CG Times","serif";color:black'>Marketing Coordinator</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"CG Times","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto'><span style='font-family:"CG Times","serif";color:black'>Carter BloodCare<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto'><span style='font-family:"CG Times","serif";color:black'>2205 Highway 121<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto'><span style='font-family:"CG Times","serif";color:black'>Bedford, TX 76021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto'><span style='font-family:"CG Times","serif";color:black'>817-412-5278 Office<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto'><span style='font-family:"CG Times","serif";color:black'>817-320-9771 Cell<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto'><span style='font-family:"CG Times","serif";color:black'>817-412-5349 Fax<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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auto'><u><span style='font-family:"CG Times","serif";color:navy'><a
href="mailto:jschmidt@carterbloodcare.org">jschmidt@carterbloodcare.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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