Are there any community health programs supported by the NSA/CSS?
NSA/CSS participates in the Red Cross Blood Donor Program, which promotes blood, bone marrow, tissue, and organ donations. NSA is the largest single source of blood product for the greater Chesapeake/Potomac region. We’ve been operating in partnership with the American Red Cross for over 34 years; they collect over 4,000 units of blood every year from various NSA donor sites. We have been honored with the “Life Board Achievement Award” for our participation. In addition, the NSA/CSS Blood Donor Program partners with the C.W. Bill Young Department of Defense Marrow Donor Program. At the health fairs and blood drives we sponsor during the year, employees are encouraged to join the National Bone Marrow Registry (NBMR). NSA has screened 4,674 employees for the NBMR, and 24 NSA employees have been asked to donate bone marrow. Our agency has also partnered with the Walter Reed Army Medical Center to make platelet donations possible on a weekly basis. Agency employees donated 117 units of whi
