The family of Officer Adam Jobbers-Miller, the Fort Myers Police Department and Lee Health are hosting the eighth annual blood drive in honor of Jobbers-Miller\u2019s memory.<\/p>\n
The three-day blood drive will kick off at 8 a.m. on July 21 with a flag-raising ceremony, attended by members of the Jobbers-Miller family, Fort Myers Police Department and Lee Health followed by remarks from:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Fort Myers Police Captain Roger Valdivia<\/p>\n
\u2022 Jeremy Puckett, Lee Health Blood Center administrative director<\/p>\n
\u2022 Renee McCauley, COO & nurse executive for Lee Memorial Hospital<\/p>\n
\u2022 Dr. James Kasiewicz, Lee Health trauma surgeon<\/p>\n
\u2022 Fort Myers Chief of Police Jason Fields<\/p>\n
\u2022 Reverend Denise Sawyer, system director of Spiritual Services.<\/p>\n
In July 2018, Officer Jobbers-Miller was shot in the line of duty. After spending a week at Lee Memorial Hospital, he sadly succumbed to his injuries. Each year, the Jobbers-Miller family collaborates with the Fort Myers Police Department and Lee Health to host this blood drive to make a positive impact on the community, encourage lifesaving blood donations and honor his memory.<\/p>\n
Blood and blood products are crucial for surgeries and essential in treating cancer patients, premature infants, anemia and various other medical conditions. A single blood donation can save up to two lives. The Southwest Florida community is urged to donate blood in honor of Officer Jobbers-Miller\u2019s service and sacrifice.<\/p>\n
All donors will receive an Officer Adam Jobbers-Miller t-shirt and a commemorative pin in tribute to his courageous service to Fort Myers.<\/p>\n
The first two days of the blood drive as well as the opening ceremony, July 21-22, are at Lee Memorial Hospital at 2776 Cleveland Ave., in Fort Myers. The blood drive is from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. both days. On Thursday, July 23, the blood drive switches location to the Fort Myers Police Department at 2210 Widman Way in Fort Myers with the same hours, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The family of Officer Adam Jobbers-Miller, the Fort Myers Police Department and Lee Health are hosting the eighth…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":346493,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-346631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=346631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/346493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}