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  • Citrus Heights This Month: What’s happening in August

    Citrus Heights This Month: What’s happening in August

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    Looking for some local August events going on in Citrus Heights? Here’s a snapshot view of some upcoming events in town:

    August 4: On Tuesday night, neighborhood groups around the country — including at least 13 in Citrus Heights — will host a variety of outdoor get-togethers to take part in the 2015 National Night Out. The 32nd annual event is a country-wide effort to help prevent crime by connecting neighbors and building local partnerships between communities and police.

    [Learn more: Citrus Heights residents, police prep for National Night Out]

    August 7: On Friday, the Citrus Town Center will host its final kids camp of the summer season, featuring a “Princess and Pirate Party” theme. The event will be from 10:30 a.m. to noon in the town center’s shopping plaza at the corner of Greenback Lane and Sunrise Boulevard, with free mini-train rides until 2 p.m. afterwards.

    August 8: On Saturday night, the Citrus Town Center will host a free showing of the PG-rated “Strange Magic” animated movie, the last film of the season for the Center’s annual outdoor summer movie series. The showing will begin at dusk between the Dress Barn and Marshall’s stores, near the corner of Greenback Lane and Sunrise Boulevard.

    August 10: On Monday, the Citrus Heights Police Activities League (PAL) will host a picnic event at the Rusch Park swimming pool from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The local nonprofit focuses on creating positive relationships between police officers and youth through hosting local events and activities. (See flier)

    August 11: On Tuesday, the local Citrus Heights chapter of SCORE will host a free workshop on “How to develop an idea into a business.” The workshop will be held from 1 to 3:30 p.m. at 6501 Sylvan Rd., in the Small Business Administration building. (Registration link)
    Tuesday, 8/11, is also National Safe Digging Day — a day to raise awareness to possible dangers of digging and the importance of calling 8-1-1 before opening up the ground in a backyard or elsewhere. In July, Citrus Heights council members passed a resolution supporting the day.

    August 15: Hot August Bites will again take over Rusch Park for a second annual night of entertainment, live music, food, raffles and swimming. The event premiered for the first time in 2014, and will take place this year from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. (See event flier)

    August 21-23: From Friday to Sunday, BloodSource will be holding a blood drive at Sunrise Mall in the Elephant Bar parking lot. The blood drive’s hours will be from noon to 6 p.m. on Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday.

    August 22: Saturday will feature the 6th annual Veterans Appreciation Picnic and resource fair at Rusch Park. The event will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and is hosted by the GFWC Citrus Heights Women’s Club and the American Legion Post 637.

    August 25: Congressman Ami Bera will reportedly be hosting a town hall event at the Citrus Heights Community Center on Tuesday. Stay tuned for additional details.

    August 28: On Friday, Sacramento County Supervisor Roberta Macglashan will be holding her monthly “Community Cabinet” meeting at the Denny’s on the corner of Sunrise Avenue and Greenback Lane at 7:30 a.m. The supervisor and former Citrus Heights council member typically provides an update for residents on County issues affecting Citrus Heights and features a speaker from one of the various County agencies.

    August 29: Saturday will feature the annual Safety Fair at the Citrus Town Center, with kids activities, fire trucks, safety displays and more. Stay tuned for more.
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  • Sunrise Mall blood drive offers donors free State Fair tickets

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    A Blood Source “bloodmobile” out at Sunrise Mall during a blood drive earlier this year.

    In exchange for giving a pint of blood at a “bloodmobile” station at Sunrise Mall this weekend, donors will be able to redeem a free ticket to the California State Fair — part of the latest effort to help a local nonprofit boost blood supplies.

    Setting up four times a year in the Mall’s Elephant Bar parking lot, BloodSource relies on such blood drives to help achieve its goal of drawing about 700 pints a day to supply over 40 hospitals in Northern and Central California with blood, according to BloodSource Public Relations Manager Alexander Sigua.

    BloodSource uses a variety of promotional offers during their blood drives, with the organization’s most recent February drive offering two free tickets to a Sacramento Kings game. Staff said the previous drive drew more than 100 pints of blood in the first six hours, with “quite a few” pints coming from new donors as well.

    Although it can take about an hour to donate, BloodSource’s Gayle Graves said each blood donation helps save “at least three lives.”

    “So many times you’re asked to give money for so many different things,” Graves told The Sentinel during the past blood drive in February. “This doesn’t cost you a thing, it just costs an hour of your time.”

    The California State Fair will be held at Cal Expo from July 10 through 26. BloodSource says donors giving blood this weekend will receive 200 “MyBloodSource” points which can be redeemed online for a free ticket to the Fair.
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    Blood drive info:
    June 19-21, 2015
    When:
    Friday: 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.
    Saturday: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
    Sunday: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
    Where: Sunrise Mall (Elephant Bar parking lot)

  • Sunrise Mall blood drive offers free movie tickets

    Updated Dec. 27, 5:29 p.m.–
    Last-minute gift shoppers at Sunrise Mall had a chance to squeeze in an extra gift on Christmas Eve, as “Blood Mobiles” were set up in the parking lot offering free movie tickets to those who helped infuse supplies during a customarily low donation season.

    BloodSource Blood Mobiles in Citrus Heights Sunrise Mall
    A “Blood Mobile” parked outside Sunrise Mall during a prior blood drive. // Courtesy, BloodSource

    “The holiday season typically sees a dip in blood donations, but the need for constant blood supply remains the same,” said BloodSource Public Relations Manager Alexander Sigua, adding the organization strives to draw an average of 700 pints of blood each day in order to meet the needs of patients across Northern and Central California.

    He cited a variety of reasons for the seasonal downturn, like potential donors’ minds being focused on holiday shopping and travel, but stressed it’s “critically important” for generous donors to roll up their sleeves this time of year and help save a life.

    Sigua also said BloodSource buses were out at Sunrise Mall over Thanksgiving weekend, bringing about 550 donors out, including 66 who had never donated before.

    Although Sigua said the free movie ticket offer was a short-term promotional, BloodSource regularly accepts donations at over a dozen of its centers around the state, with the closest being in Fair Oaks.

    BloodSource is a Sacramento-based nonprofit primarily serving over 40 hospitals and 30 counties in Northern and Central California.