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Point Boro Blood Drive and Toy Collection on Nov. 28

Toys for children at Ocean Medical Center and those served by St. Gregory's Pantry

Point Borough's Community Watch and local Police Benevolent Association 158 are holding a blood drive and toy collection on Nov. 28.

The event, from 6 to 10 p.m., will be "A Night of Giving" at

Blood donations will be done in a van in front of Borough Hall.

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In addition to asking area residents to donate blood, and the local police union are also encouraging residents to donate new, unwrapped toys for a holiday season donation to children at Ocean Medical Center in Brick and for children served by St. Gregory’s Pantry. 

The borough organizations ask that toys be purchased for children ages 3 to 13 and that they can be dropped off at Borough Hall on Nov. 28 or any time during business hours.

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For questions please call the police department at (732) 892-0060 or visit the Central Jersey Blood Center website and click on "donate now."

Walk-in donors are always welcome.

The donated blood will be given to the Central Jersey Blood Center, which has been the primary supplier since 1965 to area hospitals in Ocean and Monmouth counties, including CentraState Medical Center, Jersey Shore Medical Center, Bayshore Community Hospital, Ocean Medical Center, Riverview Medical Center and Southern Ocean County Hospital, according to Karen Moore, Central Jersey account manager.

Central Jersey Blood Center, based in Shrewsbury, also services many other hospitals in new Jersey including Monmouth Medical Center, Kimball Medical Center, University Medical Center at Princeton, Raritan Bay Medical Center, Community Medical Center, East Orange General Hospital, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, and St. Barnabas Medical Center.

"Central Jersey has a community-based blood banking philosophy, meaning that our donors know that the blood they give stays in our communities first, to help patients who are family members, friends and neighbors," Moore said.

"In this area alone, eight hundred pints of blood are needed to sustain the lives of patients each week," Moore said. "Individuals can donate at one of our three fixed site locations in Shrewsbury, Howell and Toms River. 

"However, approximately 50% of the blood supply comes from mobile blood drives sponsored by area businesses, communities, schools and other organizations, for example, Point Pleasant PBA," Moore said. "Our primary goal as the community blood center is to meet the demands of our hospitals and the patients that they serve."

Also on Nov. 28, Community Watch will hold its regular meeting from 7 to 8 p.m. in the court room. Snacks will be provided. The primary agenda topic will be planning National Night Out 2012, but anyone with any concerns about local safety issues is encouraged to attend.


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