WESTPORT — A blood drive planned in tribute to William “Bill” F. Vornkahl III, longtime organizer of the town’s annual Memorial Day parade, will take place May 25 at St. Paul Church.
The blood drive, coordinated with the Connecticut Blood Center, is set for 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, May 25, in Fellowship Hall of the church, 41 Easton Road.
To schedule an appointment online, click here. Walk-in blood donors also are welcome.
Blood donors will receive a choice of a Turkish towel or miniature bluetooth speaker, courtesy of the Connecticut Blood Center, according to the blood drive announcement.
Vornkahl, known locally as “Mr. Parade” for his decades-long leadership of the Memorial Day Parade Committee and the Westport Veterans Council, died last Jan. 26 at the age of 93.
An Army veteran from the Korean War era, he became chairman of the Memorial Day Parade Committee in 1970 and served in that post until the last year of his life. He also was a longtime member of St. Paul Church.
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