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Blood Drive In Memory Of Former County Employees

Wednesday blood drive will be held in memory of Barbara and Yvonne Calise, who died in a fatal fire in February.

 

Barbara and Yvonne Calise of New City are being remembered with a blood drive on Wednesday. Rockland County is holding a blood drive on Wednesday, at the Dr. Robert L. Yeager Health Center, Building A, Exhibition Hall in Pomona from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. in memory of the two former county employees.

Barbara Calise and her daughter, Yvonne Calise lost their lives in a house fire in February. Yvonne worked in the Department of Social Services and was a dedicated blood donor. Barbara was employed as a nurse at the Summit
Park Hospital and the mother of Rockland’s Assistant Director of MIS Frank Calise, whose sister was Yvonne.

Donors will have a chance to win tickets to a Yankees vs. Boston Red
Sox game at Yankee Stadium.  Breakfast and lunch will be available to
those who donate.

To make an appointment, please contact Mary Russo at 845-364-2017 or by
e-mail at russom@co.rockland.ny.us.  Walk-ins are welcome.

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