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Ahmadiyya Muslim Community hosts blood drive in honor of 9/11 victims

People 2 People: June 30, 2018
By Shelia Poole
Sept 6, 2018

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Georgia Chapter will hold its annual blood drive to honor 9/11 victims on Saturday at the Baitul Ata Mosque, 1800 Willow Trail Parkway in Norcross.

Chapters nationwide will participate in the campaign, in which the organization hopes to collect 10,000 pints of blood nationally.

The Muslims for Life Blood Drive will be held from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

The campaign was initially launched in 2011, and  ran in over 200 locations and resulted in 11,803 pints being collected that year. To date, “Muslims for Life” has collected more  60,000 pints of blood .

About the Author

Shelia has worked at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for more than 30 years. Previously, she worked at The Lexington Herald-Leader and The Louisville Defender. Her beat is a bit of a mixed bag that includes religion and spirituality, culture and trends, race and aging. She earned degrees from Spelman College and Northwestern University.

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