Hope you're having a fantastic Friday. We have a couple of events coming up in the next month, and I wanted you to be the first to know about the most important one - a blood drive. 

Keep reading for more details!

On Friday, August 21st at McKarren Park, from 4 to 9:30pm, we're hosting a blood drive with some awesome Brooklyn startups:  Hayden-Harnett, Brooklyn Based and Carrot Creative.

We're extremely excited to join forces with them to do some good, but we can't run a successful blood drive without your help. In fact, July and August are the slowest months for the New York Blood Center, and they really need our donations. So please click on this link and sign up for a spot.

As an added incentive to sign up for one of the early spots, we'll be giving away goodies to our first 75 donors, including jauntsetter totes and some amazing Hayden-Harnett discounts, as well as delicious cupcakes from Tawny Ong. Even better? The first 25 people who show up for the beginning of the drive (which is usually the slowest) get tokens for the Van Leeuwen Ice Cream Truck for a free cone!

Final details: The blood drive bus will be parked at North 12th and Bedford, and the drive goes from 4pm to 9:30 - giving you plenty of time to give a pint and head out to dinner in the Williamsburg/Greenpoint area.

Bottom line: sign up to donate blood on August 21st here!