Shincheonji Church Begins Blood Drive to Ease South Korea's "Drought" in Blood Supply
GWACHEON, KOREA, April 25, 2022 /24-7PressRelease/ -- A national blood supply crisis due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has plagued South Korea for several months. Officials called the lack of donor blood a "drought" known to easily impact the lives of those who need transfusions and supplementary blood while fighting and recovering from COVID-19 infections. Over 2,100 volunteers from Shincheonji Church of Jesus donated blood in the Life ON campaign from April 18th for 3 days to overcome the blood supply shortage, and the church does not plan to stop there. Shincheonji is planning for 6,000 volunteers from all 12 tribes and 74 church locations to donate blood from April 18th to the 30th. This is not the first time Shincheonji Church has donated large amounts of blood in response to the pandemic. In 2020, over 4,000 Shincheonji Church members volunteered to donate blood for use in hospitals with critical patients, and also for vaccine research. Much of the Shincheonj