Harpoon holds blood drive; donors give a pint, get a pint - Weekly Specialty & Import Beer Report - Brief Article

Modern Brewery Age, March 15, 2004

Dan Kenary, President and Co-Founder, Harpoon Brewery and Donna M. Morrissey, Director of Corporate Affairs, American Red Cross Blood Services-New England Region joined blood donors from the Harpoon Helps Program in February for the first Harpoon Helps Pint for a Pint Blood Drive.

The blood drive was held at the Harpoon Brewery in the Seaport District of Boston on February 9, 2004. All people who came to donate blood received a pint size bottle of Harpoon beer.

"We are very grateful to Dan Kenary and the Harpoon Helps Program for sponsoring this blood drive and helping us to collect lifesaving blood for patients in need," said Donna M. Morrissey. "It is generous corporate sponsors like the Harpoon Brewery that helps the American Red Cross meet our daily needs," she added. Every 2 seconds a patient needs blood for a transfusion in the United States. It is the blood on the shelves today that helps to save the lives of patients tomorrow.

"By hosting the Harpoon Helps Pint for a Pint Blood Drive we are fulfilling the mission of our program to help those in need in communities throughout New England," said Dan Kenary. "This is one way we can be a good neighbor and help patients in need," he added.

Kenary said Harpoon Helps is a program aimed to provide volunteer opportunities to members, to help those in need in communities throughout New England.