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Blood drive Monday at Immanuel Lutheran Church
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[February 28, 2007]
SPRINGFIELD -- To help area hospitals ensure
adequate blood supplies, there will be a blood drive on Monday at
Immanuel Lutheran Church, 1409 Pulaski in Lincoln. The hours of the
blood drive are noon-6 p.m. Community members are asked to help
their local hospitals.
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For your convenience, please call Tara toll-free at 1-866-GIVE-BLD
(1-866-448-3253), ext. 56, to schedule an appointment, or sign up
online at
www.cicbc.org. The Springfield Clinic High School Challenge is
under way. Donate blood at this blood drive and ask that your
donation be credited to a participating high school in your
community. The challenge goes through May 11, and the winning school
receives $1,000 scholarship from Springfield Clinic to award to a
graduating senior who plans on furthering their education.
The Central Illinois Community Blood Center is asking citizens to
roll up their sleeves and help restock hospital blood supplies. Most
people assume that hospitals will always have the blood they need
for cancer patients, children with leukemia, surgical and burn
patients, trauma victims, and others. But hospitals get their blood
from citizens who take the time to help by donating blood.
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People need blood transfusions to stay alive, and it only comes
from people who are able and willing to take the time to donate. It
takes only an hour, but the benefits last a lifetime. The time in
the blood donation chair is only about 10 minutes.
The donor room at the Central Illinois Community Blood Center,
1134 S. Seventh St. in Springfield, is open Mondays 9 a.m.-6 p.m.;
Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays 7 a.m.-6 p.m.; and Fridays 8
a.m.-4 p.m.
For more information about donating blood or sponsoring a blood
drive, please call the CICBC at 217-753-1530. For information about
blood drives, blood facts, blood types or to schedule an appointment
online to donate, please check
www.cicbc.org.
Please give what's in your heart; donate blood.
[Text from news release received from
Central Illinois Community
Blood Center]
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