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Blood Drive in Elkhart on Friday
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[December 05, 2007]
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. The blood supply is totally dependent upon volunteers who
will take a few minutes to roll up their sleeve and donate blood.
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 To help ensure an adequate blood supply for the central Illinois
area, there will be a blood drive Elkhart Christian Church, located
at 113 S. Gillett in Elkhart, on Friday from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. For
your convenience, please call Lucille Brewer to sign up at 947-2702
or schedule online at
www.cicbc.org.
Of course walk-ins are always welcome and sincerely appreciated.
The 2007-2008 Springfield Clinic High School Blood Challenge
started May 12, 2007, and ends May 11, 2008. Donate blood at this
drive and ask that your donation be credited to 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.
The Central Illinois Community Blood Center is a not-for-profit
organization that provides blood to 19 area hospitals. Blood
collected at these drives is intended for local hospitals.
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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 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.
Please give what's in your heart and donate blood.
For more information about blood drives, blood facts and blood
types, please check www.cicbc.org.
[Text from news release received from
Central Illinois Community
Blood Center]
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