As summer winds down, the American Red Cross urges individuals to give blood now and help end an emergency summer blood shortage that began last month.
A critical need remains as many regular donors delay giving to take final summer vacations and prepare for school to start. To ensure live saving treatments remain available for patients in the coming weeks, donations are needed now, especially type O.
In thanks for helping at this urgent time, all those who come to donate blood or platelets now through Aug. 30, 2018, will receive a $5 Amazon.com Gift Card via email. (Restrictions apply; see amazon.com/gc-legal. More information and details are available at RedCrossBlood.org/Together.)
Make an appointment to donate blood by downloading the free American Red Cross Blood Donor App, visiting RedCrossBlood.org or calling 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767).Those who donated blood earlier this summer may be eligible to give again. Blood can be safely given every 56 days, and Power Red donations can be given every 16 weeks.
Upcoming blood donation opportunities in Marshall County August 16 through the 31st are:
August 22nd from 11:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. at St. Isidore Hall at 803 West Bike Street in Bremen
August 23rd from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the Culver High School, 701 School Street in Culver
August 25th from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., in LaPaz at Cornerstone Community Fellowship Church located at 1375 Maple Road
August 28th from 8:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. at the Triton High School, 300 Triton Drive in Bourbon.
