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Blood drive scheduled to support Blood Cancer Awareness Month
September 8, 2022 — This month, you can support those with blood cancers by participating in a blood drive coordinated by the Joint Base San Antonio Exceptional Family Member Program... MORE

BAMC Medical Mall hosts blood drive June 23
June 21, 2022 — The Armed Services Blood Program is in need of all blood types. A blood drive will be held at the Brooke Army Medical Center Medical Mall from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. June 23... MORE

The Armed Services Blood Program is in need of all blood types. A Blood Drive will be held in the Medical Mall on June 23 from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

WHASC hosts blood drives June 21, 22
June 16, 2022 — The need for blood is urgent. This is your chance to save the life of a military member. The Armed Services Blood Program is in need of all blood types... MORE

The need for blood is urgent! This is your chance to save the life of a military member. The Armed Services Blood Program is in need of all blood types.

Community rolls up sleeves for EFMP blood drive
September 18, 2020 — The Joint Base San Antonio community rolled up its sleeves Sept. 16 in support of the JBSA Exceptional Family Member Program’s blood drive at the JBSA-Fort Sam Houston Military & Family Readiness Center... MORE

Exceptional Family Member Program hosts blood drive Sept. 16 at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston
September 8, 2020 — Blood donors are needed as the Joint Base San Antonio Exceptional Family Member Program is hosting a blood drive from 8-11 a.m. Sept. 16 at the JBSA-Fort Sam Houston Military & Family Readiness Center, 3060 Stanley Road, building 2797... MORE

Blood donors are needed as the Joint Base San Antonio Exceptional Family Member Program is hosting a blood drive from 8-11 a.m. Sept. 16 at the JBSA-Fort Sam Houston Military & Family Readiness Center, 3060 Stanley Road, building 2797.

Local teen requests blood drive for her 16th birthday
May 8, 2020 — Most kids dream about getting a car or having an elaborate party when they turn 16, but one local teen has a less traditional birthday wish. Amber Miller asked her parents if she could have a blood drive for her “Sweet 16.” The sophomore at Health Careers High School has wanted to be a doctor since she was nine. ... MORE

Amber Miller, youth volunteer, works in the Simulation Center at Brooke Army Medical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, July 9, 2019. Miller hopes to inspire others to donate blood during the COVID-19 crisis.

During giving season, give blood
December 16, 2019 — To meet the ever-present demand for whole blood, platelets and plasma, the unit offers walk-in donations Tuesday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in addition to their regular traveling blood drives... MORE

Think bigger: how an accident changed a little girl’s life forever
August 22, 2018 — It’s 1978 and the Reisinger family is stationed at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. The sun is shining on then 8-year-old Elizabeth “Beth” Reisinger as she and two of her friends walk home from school. A passing vehicle loses control turning into the elementary school parking lot, crashes through a group of children and stops halfway through a cement classroom wall... MORE

Beth’s family; pictured (from left) Kasen Preusser, grandson; Nikolas Preusser, son-in-law; Audrey Preusser, granddaughter; Beth and her husband, Thuan Treon (center); sons Cortland and Chandler Treon. Beth feels it's important to connect the military family piece in there, moms and dads will connect their kids. I'm truly looking forward to the upcoming blood drive and deeply appreciate the opportunity to give back.