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Local blood drive Monday
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[July 01, 2008]
SPRINGFIELD -- 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.
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 To help ensure an adequate blood supply for local hospitals, Abraham
Lincoln Memorial Hospital Auxiliary is sponsoring a blood drive at
the Lincoln Masonic Center, 2022 N. Kickapoo in Lincoln, on Monday
from noon to 6 p.m.For your convenience, call Tara toll-free to
sign up at 1-866-448-3253, ext. 56, or schedule an appointment
online at
www.cicbc.org. Walk-ins are also welcome and truly appreciated.
The Central Illinois Community Blood Center is a not-for-profit
organization that provides blood to 19 area hospitals. Blood
collected at this drive is intended for local hospitals.
The blood supply is totally dependent upon volunteers who will
take a few minutes to roll up their sleeve and donate blood. It
takes only an hour to donate blood, but the benefits last a lifetime
for someone.
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The 2008-2009 Springfield Clinic High School Blood Challenge
started May 12. Donate blood at this drive and ask that your
donation be credited to Lincoln Community High School or a
participating high school in your community. The high school that
wins the challenge will receive a $1,000 college scholarship from
Springfield Clinic to award to a graduating senior who plans on
furthering his or her education. Until Aug. 22, all donations will
give double credit to their designated high school.
The CICBC donor room, located at 1134 S. Seventh St. in
Springfield, is open to collect blood on Mondays and Tuesdays from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesdays and Thursdays from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.,
Fridays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon.
For more information about blood drives, blood facts and blood
types, visit www.cicbc.org.
Please give what's in your heart and donate blood.
[Text from file received from
Central Illinois Community
Blood Center]
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