Help the blood supply recover!

02.09.2011

You can help the Red Cross by giving blood now to help the blood supply recover!

With this latest round of severe winter storms, the Red Cross has been unable to collect blood in certain parts of the country, and has been forced to cancel over 750 blood drives and over 28,000 scheduled blood donations since January 1.  As a result, in this period blood collections are the lowest we have seen in a decade.

At any given moment patients rely on life-saving blood products. The need is constant - even in emergency situations such as severe weather.  The quickest help will come from local blood donors like you, who are able to give now!

The Red Cross urges people who are eligible to schedule an appointment to give blood now.  Visit redcrossblood.org now to find a blood drive near you or call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767).

The Red Cross distributes blood products to approximately 3,000 hospitals and transfusion centers across the United States.  People have been responding to the call for blood donors, and the Red Cross is grateful to those who are stepping up to donate blood to help the blood supply recover to sufficient levels.