$11K in expenses

Support of the operation and maintenance of the community blood center through (1) financial support (fund raising, grant application) and (2) the "physical" activities of board members including, but not limited to, encouraging local businesses to hold blood drives, cultivating local contacts to lend support to the mission of the blood center through word-of-mouth awareness, monetary support, blood drive support, or such other actions as may be initiated by board members from time to time.