WINTER IS A CHALLENGING TIME FOR BLOOD SUPPLY
DAYTON & DARKE COUNTY, Ohio – Several donation opportunities are available for the month of February in Darke County. The blood drive comes during the heart of winter and continues the theme of Ohio’s first Blood Donor Awareness Month. Everyone who registers to donate will receive the commemorative “Ohio Blood Donor Awareness Month” t-shirt. Schedule an appointment online at www.DonorTime.com or call 1-800-388-GIVE.
CBC has an immediate need for blood donors to maintain the blood supply during the challenging winter season. CBC is also emphasizing the strategic goals in 2019 of identifying and recruiting new platelet and plasma donors.
The commemorative Ohio Blood Donor Awareness Month t-shirt is grey with a red map of Ohio. It’s free when you register to donate at the Dayton CBC Donor Center or any CBC mobile blood drive. CBC is offering the commemorative shirt through March 2 so more donors will be eligible to receive it.
Blood donor and emergency room physician State Sen. Steve Huffman from Tipp City sponsored the legislation to make January Ohio Blood Donor Awareness Month. CBC played an important role in its passage by providing proponent testimony.
CBC is expanding the opportunity to donate platelets and plasma at select community blood drives. Platelets are the cells that control bleeding while plasma is the fluid that maintains blood pressure. Both are vital for the treatment of cancer, trauma, organ transplant, and burn patients. New platelet donors are in high demand, especially those with blood types A, AB, or B positive. Find out more at www.GivingBlood.org or talk to an apheresis specialist at (937) 461-3220.
Saturday, February 9, 2019
Tri-Village Rescue
320 North Main, New Madison
8:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Sponsored by: Tri-Village Rescue
Open to the Community
Appointments Encouraged!
A Gift from the Flower Patch
Everyone who registers to donate blood, at this blood drive,
will receive a free carnation courtesy of the Flower Patch
Tuesday, February 12, 2019
Greenville Church of the Brethren
421 Central Ave., Greenville
12:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Sponsored by: Zechar Bailey Funeral Homes
Open to the Community
Appointments Encouraged!
Thursday, February 14, 2019
Bradford High School
750 Railroad Ave., Bradford
3:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Sponsored By: Bradford HS
Open to the Community
Appointments Encouraged!
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Ansonia High School
Community Blood Center Donor Coach
New Hours
8:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Sponsored by Ansonia High School FFA
Open to the Community, Students, Staff, & Faculty
Saturday, February 23, 2019
North Star Community Center
8:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Sponsored by: North Star American Legion Auxiliary
Open to the Community
Appointments Encouraged!
Learn more at www.GivingBlood.org
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