Lincoln Christian College hosting blood drive

[March 22, 2007]  SPRINGFIELD -- To help ensure an adequate blood supply for area hospitals, there will be a blood drive on the bloodmobile on Tuesday at Lincoln Christian College, 100 Campus View Drive in Lincoln. The blood drive will be from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

For your convenience, please call Mary Kay Davis to sign up at 732-3168, ext. 2251, or schedule an appointment online at www.cicbc.org. Of course walk-ins are always welcome and sincerely appreciated.

Your help is vital to protecting your community's blood supplies for cancer patients, burn victims, accident patients and others facing surgeries. Chances are that you or someone special to you will need a blood transfusion during your lifetime. The blood supply is totally dependent upon volunteers who will take a few minutes to roll up their sleeve and donate blood.

Blood donation is a rewarding civic duty. Many people wish they could be more active in civic activities but can't because of time restrictions. However, you can donate blood in less than an hour and make an impact that can last a lifetime for someone.

If you are healthy, please do your part by donating blood. Help us protect your community, family and friends by ensuring that blood is available at your local hospitals when it is needed. Blood has a shelf life of only 42 days. Fortunately it is a renewable resource, but it depends on people who care.

The donor room at the Central Illinois Community Blood Center, 1134 S. Seventh St. in Springfield, is also 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.

The Central Illinois Community Blood Center is a not-for-profit organization that provides blood for 19 local hospitals in central and southern Illinois.

For more information about donating, please call 217-753-1530 or visit www.cicbc.org. For your convenience, you can now go online and schedule an appointment to donate blood. Please give what's in your heart and donate blood.

[Text from news release received from Central Illinois Community Blood Center]