URGENT PLEASE SHARE!!! Due to the PAST (& Present) Severe Winter, Cold, Snow & Ice, Blood Banks are in Short Supply!!! Please Share!!! An AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE sponsored by the Old Saybrook Fire Department will be held on Wednesday, April 2, 2014, from 1 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at OSFD Fire headquarters at 310 Main Street in Old Saybrook, CT. To schedule an appointment, please call 1-800-RED-CROSS (800-733-2767) or visit redcrossblood.org. No appointment is needed, but it is recommended, and you need to be 17 years old to donate. In addition, all donors must have proper ID and be in generally good health. Refreshments provided donated by J.A.M.S.S, Old Saybrook, ShopRite, Clinton, CT, Ashlawn Farms Coffee, Saybrook Junction & Starbucks, Old Saybrook, CT ### Important, From the American Red Cross, Facts about blood needs Every two seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood. More than 41,000 blood donations are needed every day. A total of 30 million blood components are transfused each year in the U.S. The average red blood cell transfusion is approximately 3 pints. The blood type most often requested by hospitals is Type O. The blood used in an emergency is already on the shelves before the event occurs. Sickle cell disease affects more than 70,000 people in the U.S. About 1,000 babies are born with the disease each year. Sickle cell patients can require frequent blood transfusions throughout their lives. More than 1.6 million people were diagnosed with cancer last year. Many of them will need blood, sometimes daily, during their chemotherapy treatment. A single car accident victim can require as many as 100 pints of blood. URGENT - PLEASE SHARE on your FB Page, To The Max! Thanx! redcrossblood.org
Posted on: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 23:04:52 +0000
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