And the truth is that blood is a year-round need.
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“Donating blood helps save lives and can affect people you know and work alongside every day”, Scott Nethery said in the press release.
“O-negative is the universal type given to patients in emergency situations when their blood type is unknown”.
The American Red Cross is hosting blood drives in La Crosse. “I am so appreciative of the individuals whose blood is within my daughter at this very moment”. Donated blood today goes through strict screening and testing that is time consuming and necessarily bureaucratic.
Donors of all blood types are needed now.
Those who are interested in donating blood can download the American Red Cross Blood Donor App, visit http://redcrossblood.org or call 800-RED CROSS (800-733-2767) to make an appointment or for more information.
7 a.m. – 2:45 p.m. Friday, July 1.
The American Red Cross is presenting the 16th annual Beach Days Blood Drive on July 6, in Madison, to help collect lifesaving blood for the summer.
Thursday, July 7, 2016 – 10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Norwich: 7:30 a.m.to 1:15 p.m. July 1 at William W. Backus Hospital, 326 Washington St. A blood donor card or driver’s license or two other forms of identification are required at check-in. Additionally, blood donations at high school and college blood drives, which account for as much as 20 percent of blood donations during the school year, decline when many schools are out of session.
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Blood donors can now save time at their next donation by using RapidPass to complete their pre-donation reading and health history questionnaire online, on the day of their donation, prior to arriving at the blood drive.
