HOW COOL IS GIVING BLOOD, SAVING LIVES? WICKED COOL!

FEATHERS FLY ON NEW T-SHIRT AS PARROT HEAD SEASON RETURNS TO CBC

DAYTON & DARKE COUNTY, OHIO – How cool is it to save lives by donating blood at Community Blood Center (CBC)? The answer is “It’s wicked cool,” especially when you can take home the “It’s Still Wicked Cool to Donate Blood” t-shirt.

Beginning Monday, May 14 through Saturday, May 26 everyone who registers to donate at any CBC branch and most CBC mobile blood drives will receive the free t-shirt.

The shirt features a green parrot flying through a tropical jungle wearing a black witch’s hat and carrying a broom stick. It recalls the “Wicked Cool to Donate Blood” CBC t-shirt theme from Halloween 2010 and the always popular “Parrot Head” celebrations at CBC.



Monday, May 14, 2012
Union City City Building
105 N. Columbia St., Union City
2:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Community Room
Sponsored by: Union City Lions Club
Appointments Encouraged!
Open to the Community

Monday, May 21, 2012
Versailles K of C Hall
12:30 am – 7:00 pm
8440 St. Rt. 47, Versailles, Ohio
Sponsored by: Versailles Knights of Columbus
Appointments Encouraged!
Open to the Community

Thursday, May 24, 2012
Trinity Lutheran Church
3:30 pm – 6:30 pm
8520 Oakes Road, Pitsburg
Appointments Encouraged!
Open to the Community

Technology is making it faster and more convenient than ever to schedule your next blood donation. Just use your computer or smart phone to make an appointment online at www.DonorTime.com or contact Dana Puterbaugh, Darke County Account Representative at 937-997-2199/dputerbaugh@cbccts.org . You can also schedule your next appointment using your mobile device to scan the DonorTime QR code.

Please remember that appointments have priority and walk in donors are always welcome as the schedule permits. This just means that if a donor walks in and all appointments are filled at the time, blood center staff will let the donor know when the next available appointment is and offer the choice to wait or come back at a time that is available.

Please always allow 45 minutes to 1 hour to get through the entire process, even with an appointment.

For information about blood drives in Darke County please contact Dana Puterbaugh, Account Representative – Darke County at 937-997-2199 or dputerbaugh@cbccts.org.

Blood donation requirements: Donors are required to provide a photo ID that includes their full name. Past CBC donors are also asked to bring their CBC donor ID card. Donors must be at least 16 years of age (16 years old with parental consent: form available at www.givingblood.org or at CBC branch & blood drive locations), weigh a minimum of 110 pounds, and be in good physical health. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) changes blood donor eligibility guidelines periodically. Individuals with eligibility questions are invited to email canidonate@cbccts.org or call 1(800)388-GIVE. Make an appointment at www.DonorTime.com.

Community Blood Center/Community Tissue Services® is an independent, not-for-profit organization. Community Blood Center provides blood products to 24 hospitals within a 15-county service area in the Miami (Ohio) and Whitewater (Indiana) Valleys. For more information about Community Blood Center/Community Tissue Services®, visit www.givingblood.org.