As fans throughout the world struggle with ways to honor and remember Leonard, we have found a great opportunity to do both. We offered our services to the MarsCon convention committee, and they have accepted.
On Saturday, March 7th, the 10th annual USS Nokomis blood drive at MarsCon will be dedicated to Leonard Nimoy's memory. We have extended the hours to 10:30 am to 4:30 pm to accommodate more blood donors and added additional signup slots. If the day goes smoothly, we may be able to collect up to 50 units of life-saving blood. That's a potential of 150 lives we can touch in honor of our favorite Vulcan.
We also have another duty that day. We will be accepting donations from convention attendees for the COPD Foundation, one of the charities designated by the Nimoy family. As Leonard died of end-stage COPD and the Foundation's mission is to educate, prevent and treat COPD, the convention committee and our board members believe that it is a perfect choice.
If you are not planning to attend MarsCon, please consider dropping by to donate blood or bring your COPD Foundation donations to the March meeting.
Mary
