The 1st annual San Diego Cares It's In Our Blood Drive is scheduled to take place this saturday from 8am to 5pm at the Town and Country Convention Center located at 500 Hotel Circle North in Mission Valley. This event is replacing the popular Chargers Blood Drive. The entire city is coming together to make this event just as special as the previous drive.
The San Diego Blood Bank, in partnership with the San Diego Padres, San Diego Gulls, Holiday Bowl, Sockers, Rolf Benirschke, and many other prominent San Diego leaders, will host a new event, San Diego Cares: It’s in our Blood on Saturday, December 16, 2017, to replace the loss of the annual San Diego Charger’s Blood Drive.
San Diego’s new annual blood drive will take place from 8 a.m. - 5p.m. at the Town & Country Convention Center, located at 500 Hotel Circle N., San Diego, 92108.
The event will feature:
- Live entertainment
- Interactive sports-themed activities for the whole family to enjoy, including soccer clinics for the kids, and more.
- Lifesaving blood drive
- Autographs and special appearances by local sports teams and alumni
- A chance to win a new Honda CR-V
- Celebrity panel discussions:
- San Diego Padres panel featuring members of their 1998 National League championship team. Includes Greg Vaughn, Wally Joyner and others.
- “Epic in Miami” – featuring players from the 1982 playoff game in Miami, billed as "greatest game in NFL history.” Includes Rolf Benirschke and others.
- Sports talk with the San Diego Gulls and San Diego Sockers.
Sign up to donate blood and/or volunteer by visiting iCareSanDiego.com, or calling 1-800-4-MY-SDBB (1-800-469-7322).
San Diego Cares “Mania” is November 15th-December 15th. If you donate blood at any San Diego Blood Bank donor center or mobile drive during Mania, you will receive a free entry into a drawing to win a new Honda CR-V AND a voucher that can be redeemed for a limited edition t-shirt at the San Diego Cares event on December 16th.
There is currently a significant shortage of impact blood supply in San Diego. What better way to spend a afternoon before the Chiefs- Chargers game then to save someone life. I myself needed a blood transfusion in June while having surgery at Grossmont Hospital.
You can mingle and get autographs from the San Diego Padres will be there such as Greg Vaughn, Chris Gomez, Steve Finley, Wally Joiner and Randy Jones. Former Chargers include Benirschke, Ed White, Kellen Winslow and Kris Dielman. The Sockers, Aztecs, Xolos, and the USD Toreros will have representation in attendance as well.
In the California Ballroom a variety of panels will assemble remembering the great history of some of San Diego favorite moments.
11am-12pm The voice of the Sockers and Gulls Craig Elstein will host a panel of representatives of the two clubs and the history created at the San Diego Sports Arena.
2pm-3pm Ted Lightner will host a panel remembering the magical 1998 San Diego Padres season.
3pm-4pm Chris Ello will gather some of the players from the "Epic in Miami" game to discuss one of the greatest games ever played in NFL History.
There will be some amazing prizes giving away in what is sure to be a historic beginning to a new tradition celebrating San Diego sports past and saving some lives in the process. You can go to the website www.SanDiegoBloodBank.org for more information.
Afterwards there is a viewing party at Cali Comfort BBQ 8910 Troy Street in Spring Valley at 5:30pm to watch the Chargers vs Chiefs
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