American Red Cross Blood Drive
ALERT: The American Red Cross has an urgent need for blood. If shortages continue, patient care may be delayed. Please consider donating.
If you're a blood donor, you're a hero to someone, somewhere, who received your gracious gift of life.
Be a Donor . . . Be a HERO!
The Blood You Donate Gives Someone Another Chance At Life. One Day That Someone May Be A Close Relative, A Friend, A Loved One—Or Even You.
In conjunction with the American Red Cross, the LA Metro Chamber of Commerce is hosting a blood drive.
Did you know...
- That every 2 seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood?
- Or that less than 38% of the population is eligible to give blood or platelets? The need for blood donors is critical.
- Safe blood saves lives and improves health. Blood transfusion is needed for:
- women with complications of pregnancy, such as ectopic pregnancies and hemorrhage before, during or after childbirth;
- children with severe anaemia often resulting from malaria or malnutrition;
- people with severe trauma following man-made and natural disasters; and
- many complex medical and surgical procedures and cancer patients.
- It is also needed for regular transfusions for people with conditions such as thalassaemia and sickle cell disease and is used to make products such as clotting factors for people with hemophilia.
- There is a constant need for regular blood supply because blood can be stored for only a limited time before use. Regular blood donations by a sufficient number of healthy people are needed to ensure that safe blood will be available whenever and wherever it is needed.
- Blood is the most precious gift that anyone can give to another person — the gift of life. A decision to donate your blood can save a life, or even several if your blood is separated into its components — red cells, platelets and plasma — which can be used individually for patients with specific conditions.
As a special "thank you" to donors for their time and blood donation, this October, donors who register using the Blood Donor App. will automatically be entered for a chance to win one of five $500.00 gift cards redeemable at hundreds of merchants, courtesy of Tango Card (terms & conditions apply)
Click this link http://www.redcrossblood.org/, and enter LAMETRO in the blue box, top right, to register yourself, and choose your appointment time.
In order to save time when you show up for your appointment, make sure you complete your RapidPass ahead of time.
Thank you for your continued support!
Date and Time
Monday Oct 28, 2019
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM EDT
Monday, October 28, 2019
9:00AM - 2:00PM
Location
Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce
415 Lisbon Street
Lewiston, ME 04240
Parking is available in the parking garage just before our building. We do not validate parking. There is limited on street parking, but it is for 1 hr increments only. Additional parking is available across the street in the Purdue Global parking lot.
Contact Information
207-783-2249
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