Red Cross Blood Drive in Granton Today
Thursday, August 13th, 2015 -- 10:17 AM
-The American Red Cross urges eligible donors to give blood in August and help meet the constant need for blood products by patients. Every two seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood.Summer is an especially difficult time to collect enough blood to meet the needs of hospital patients. Despite travel and other activities that may cause some donors to be less available to give, 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 across the country.
With more summer days ahead, every blood donation is important in helping ensure blood is available for patients in need, and volunteer donors are the only source of blood for those who need it. Donors of all blood types, especially those with types AB, O negative, A negative and B negative, are needed to help ensure blood products are available to hospital patients this summer.
You can help by giving blood today at the Granton High School from 11am-4pm. You can also give blood on Monday, August 17th at the Neillsville American Legion from 11:30am to 5:30pm.
Feel free to contact us with questions and/or comments.