Take part in this first solidarity walk for blood donation in Cavalaire

To celebrate World Blood Donor Day in style, the Association for Voluntary Blood Donation (ADSB) " Sang pour Sang Cavalaire " is organizing a first walk this Saturday, June 14, to raise awareness of blood donation.

The goal is clear: to mobilize 100 walkers, donors, or future donors. Starting at 8:30 a.m., volunteers will meet on the forecourt of the Maison de la Mer in Cavalaire for a snack before setting off for Pardigon beach at 10 a.m. To reach their final destination, walkers will take the coastal path.

"Attracting future donors"

" We would like to mobilize as many people as possible, to have at least 100 walkers and 100 pledges. Participants will write 100 thank-you messages to donors, which we will make available in the community center to motivate people and future donors during the collection ," supervises Cathy Rakotozafy, the association's secretary general.

" We're doing this to motivate and attract future donors, as reserves are dwindling. The entire population needs to rally around this initiative. Together, we want to create a formidable chain of solidarity to save lives ," insists Jean-Pierre Brandily, president of the ADSB. And for good reason: donating blood is a vital activity. Thanks to the involvement of thousands of donors, a million patients are treated each year. " We need to stop the prejudices: donating blood doesn't hurt. Above all, you need to eat well before coming, because it's not a blood test where you have to be fasting ," adds the president.

This action is also part of a partnership with the French Blood Establishment (EFS), the French Federation for Voluntary Blood Donation, the Var Departmental Union and the town of Cavalaire, in order to celebrate the birthday of the Austro-Hungarian Karl Landsteiner, Nobel Prize winner in Physiology or Medicine in 1930.

This biologist is behind the discovery of the ABO blood group system