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Deep Community Roots
When Community Blood Bank of St. Petersburg, Hunter Blood Center of Clearwater and the Southwest
Florida Blood Bank of Tampa finally merged in 1994 to create Florida Blood Services, each had already
served the Tampa Bay area for more than four decades. Their organizers – dozens of business,
professional and volunteer leaders – pioneered the concept that blood banks should benefit people
from all walks of life.
The FBS Foundation, which has provided philanthropic support since 1980, was also born of individuals’
concerns for their neighbors’ well-being, tracing its roots to the William and Elizabeth Adler Fund and
the James N. Patterson Research and Education Fund.
William and Elizabeth Adler
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Dr. James N. Patterson
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The roots of FBS Foundation
The William and Elizabeth Adler Fund was established in 1976 in Clearwater as an unrestricted endowment in
support of an adequate and safe community blood supply. The Dr. James N. Patterson Research and Education
Fund was established in 1982 in Tampa as a restricted endowment in support of professional education and
research in the field of transfusion medicine.
Grace Jackson
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Alfred Schelm
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Harold Martens
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Among those who saw the future of community blood banking were Grace Jackson, Southwest Florida Blood Bank,
Alfred Schelm, Community Blood Bank, and Harold Martens, Hunter Blood Bank.
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