At CAIR-WA our staff and interns have always sacrificed "blood, sweat and tears" for the good of the community, so in keeping with that tradition CAIR-WA organized a fun and uplifting office-wide blood donation drive.  

On Wednesday June 1, 2011, Executive Director Arsalan Bukhari, Community Outreach Coordinator Abigail Stahl, and Civil Rights Intern Samir Junejo went down to the Puget Sound Blood Center to donate one pint of their red blood cells to help save precious lives.  

All donations went smoothly, and were followed by ten minutes of cookies and juice in order to help regain any lost energy. Most people have extra blood to give and donating it can be a great help to those in need. CAIR-WA hopes to continue to conduct office-wide blood drives in the future.

Mosques and other community organizations can always set appointments with Puget Sound Blood Center offices and donate together, or if planned ahead of time, can have a "mobile blood center" come to the location of an event.