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: Fw: Red Cross needs Blood donors
From
: Ed Anderson <nilbus@nilbus.[redacted]>
Date
: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:30:14 -0500
If any of you have time...
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From: <CaryNCWBFS@usa.redcross.[redacted]>
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:47:16 -0500
To: <LabrecqueJS@usa.redcross.[redacted]>
Subject:
Dear Dedicated American Red Cross Donors,
As you will read below, our blood supply is currently at dangerously
low levels. In response to this need, our Cary Blood Donation center will
be open for extended hours (listed below) to better accommodate our
donors. Please help us to get the word out about the immediate need for
blood by sharing this email with your friends, family, and co-workers.
Together, we can save a life!
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Two weeks into the new year, the American Red Cross faces a severe
shortage of several blood types. Locally, supplies of type O negative, B
negative and A negative blood are at less than a day's supply despite
repeated calls to donors to give blood over the past month.
The Red Cross is asking blood donors to donate immediately to prevent
supply levels from dropping even further in the coming days and weeks.
"It is important to note that coming off of a major holiday period, the
need for blood never takes a holiday," says Robert F. Fechner, chief
executive officer of the American Red Cross Carolinas Blood Services
Region. "In addition to the holiday challenges, during the winter,
donations drop and the supply of blood often dips to dangerously low
levels."
While all blood types are needed, the low supply of type O blood is of
particular concern. Type O is the most commonly used blood type. O
negative blood can be used for all patients, but it is often essential to
the treatment of trauma patients, newborns and women who are pregnant.
Blood drives are scheduled at various times and locations across the area.
Cary Blood Donation Center - Extended Hours
3700 Regency Pkwy, Suite 150
Cary, NC 27518
Monday 12:30 pm-7:00 pm
Wednesday 8:00 am-2:00 pm
Thursday 12:30 pm-7:00 pm
Friday 8:00 am - 2:00 pm
2^nd/4^th Saturday 7:30 am-1:30 pm
All donors during the month of January can enter to win one of two $500
gift cards! Additionally, all new donors can enter to win a pair of movie
tickets to Consolidated Theaters, and anyone who recruits a new donor can
enter to win a one month membership to Peak Fitness.
Donors are asked to visit [1]www.redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-GIVE-LIFE
(448-3543). The Carolinas Blood Services Region needs 1,600 blood
donations a day in order to adequately supply the 103 hospitals it
serves. Donors must be age 17 or older and weigh at least 110 pounds.
Jen Labrecque
Cary Blood Center Coordinator
American Red Cross Donor Resources Development
Cell: XXX-452-2043
[2]LabrecqueJS@usa.redcross.[redacted]
References
Visible links
1. http://www.redcrossblood.org/
2. mailto:LabrecqueJS@usa.redcross.[redacted]
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