In addition to Bikur Cholim’s many iconic programs such as SPOT, Funding Medical Treatment, and daily visitation to cholim at home or hospitalized, is their Blood & Platelets program that serves patients at hospitals throughout the entire City through direct donor blood products and blood drives.  As is tradition, the first drive of this Jewish year was hosted this past Sunday by Yeshivat Yavneh to benefit the children treated at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.  The entire event was full of enthusiastic donors of all ages with over 110 people showing up to roll up their sleeves, save lives, and be counted.  Only as a Bikur Cholim blood donor does one’s blood count as a gift from the Jewish community to our City’s hospitals and makes an immeasurable difference.  To learn more about Bikur Cholim please visit www.bikurcholim.net.