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 Summer is a difficult time to collect enough blood to meet
patient needs. Nearly 90 percent of donors surveyed this past spring
said they planned to take a vacation this summer, potentially making
them less available to give. In addition, many schools that host
blood drives are out of session during the summer. But the need for
blood donations is constant. Every two seconds someone in the U.S.
needs blood.
Donors of all blood types – especially those with types O negative,
A negative and B negative – are needed. The Red Cross must collect
15,000 blood donations every day to meet the needs of patients at
approximately 2,600 hospitals and transfusion centers nationwide.
To make an appointment to give blood, download the Red Cross Blood
Donor App, visit redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-RED CROSS
(1-800-733-2767). Red Cross donor opportunities in Logan County:
June 17 - Noon to 5 p.m. - Lincoln Park District June 25 - 2 p.m.
to 7 p.m. - Atlanta Community House
[Ben Corey, American Red Cross] |
