{"id":748,"date":"2014-09-03T16:44:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-03T16:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rf.podcastfixit.com\/index.php\/2014\/09\/03\/lebanese-life-inspired-laval-blood\/"},"modified":"2015-06-01T19:40:57","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T19:40:57","slug":"lebanese-life-inspired-laval-blood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2014\/09\/03\/lebanese-life-inspired-laval-blood\/","title":{"rendered":"Lebanese life inspired Laval blood clinic ambassador"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<b>By Robert Frank<\/b><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesuburban.com\/\">www.thesuburban.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Charbel El Melhem wants you to give blood on Friday. He draws his infectious enthusiasm for giving the gift of life from his youth. <\/p>\n<p>Today, the nursing instructor teaches at the Laval campus of CDI college. But when he was 11, blood donations spared him when he suffered a life-threatening accident in the midst of full-blown civil war in Lebanon. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wouldn\u2019t have survived without my brothers and cousins,\u201d he said in a statement. \u201cMy family was extremely generous\u2014while I was lying unconscious in hospital, they all came to give their blood, so that I could live.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>El Melhem will serve as ambassador for Friday\u2019s Laval blood donor clinic. Organizers hope to attract 850 donors, Sept. 5, to participate in this year\u2019s collection, which will run from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. at the Chomedey sports complex at 955 Bois de Boulogne.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>El Melhem said that he\u2019s putting the accent this year on getting members of Laval\u2019s burgeoning non-francophone population to participate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve given myself the mission of maximizing the number of immigrant donors,\u201d he&nbsp;said. \u201cLaval is a large, cosmopolitan city, and if everyone&nbsp;who can give blood, regardless&nbsp;of race or colour, decides to do&nbsp;so, H\u00e9ma Quebec will be in a&nbsp;better position to meet the&nbsp;needs of people of every background.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a simple equation,\u201d he concluded. \u201cIf those who need blood are to receive it, you have to give.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Organizers plan set up a mini-daycare to permit parents of young children to give. Free transportation to the clinic is available to prospective donors by calling [450] 978-6888 x 5249. <\/p>\n<p>Most adults in good health are eligible to give blood. More information about eligibility is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hema-quebec.qc.ca\/\" style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">www.hema-quebec.qc.ca<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s clinic is the city\u2019s 41st. Laval residents have historically been generous with their blood. They have made more than 48,850 donations during the clinic\u2019s first four decades. <\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/rf.podcastfixit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Charbel-El-Melhem-646x1024.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rf.podcastfixit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Charbel-El-Melhem-646x1024.jpg\" height=\"320\" width=\"201\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<b>Pass it on: Blood donors saved Charbel El Melhelm in the midst of Lebanon\u2019s civil war. 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