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Local hospitals need help restocking
blood supply
Blood drive in Lincoln on Monday
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[September 28, 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. It
only takes an hour to donate blood, but the benefits last a lifetime
for someone.
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 To help ensure an adequate blood supply for area hospitals, the
Lincoln Kiwanis will sponsor a blood drive on Monday at the Lincoln
Masonic Center, 2022 N. Kickapoo. The hours of the blood drive are
noon to 6 p.m. For your convenience, please call Tara toll-free to
sign up at 1-866-GIVE-BLD (1-866-448-3253), ext. 56, or schedule an
appointment online at
www.cicbc.org.
Walk-ins are also welcome and truly 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 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 their education.
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The Central Illinois Blood Community Blood Center's donor room 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.
CICBC is a not-for-profit organization that provides blood to 19
area hospitals. Blood collected at these drives is intended for
local hospitals. For more information about blood drives, blood
facts and blood types, please visit
www.cicbc.org.
Please give what's in your heart and donate blood.
[Text from news release received from
Central Illinois Community
Blood Center] |
