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GIVE BLOOD AND SEE AMERICA
Red Cross to Give Away Three $1,000 Gas Cards
Summer is a great time for families across America to hit the open road in
search of fun and adventure. However, it is also an important time
to help save lives by donating blood with the American Red Cross.
And this summer, for three lucky blood donors, giving the “Gift of
Life” and summer road trips will go hand-in-hand.
During the “Give Blood and See America” campaign, which runs from
July 1 to September 30, 2009, each person who presents to donate
blood or platelets with the Red Cross may enter for a chance to win
one of three $1,000 gas gift cards.
Wednesday, August 12
ALTEC INDUSTRIES BLOOD DRIVE (150 Altec Road; Burnsville, NC)
12:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Call 828-678-5500 for more information or to schedule your donation
appointment.
All presenting donors will receive a free American Red Cross T-Shirt
and may enter a drawing to win one of three $1000 gas cards!
The need for blood is constant, but the gratification donors get
from giving it is instant. Each pint of blood donated has the
potential to save up to three lives. And, by donating blood
regularly, donors help ensure that blood is available for their
friends and family, as well as members of the community and even
those far away, should the need for it arise.
The American Red Cross Carolinas Blood Services Region provides
lifesaving blood to 103 hospitals and must have 1,600 people give
blood and platelets each weekday to meet hospital demand. Accident
victims as well as patients with cancer, sickle cell disease, blood
disorders and other illnesses receive lifesaving transfusions every
day. There is no substitute for blood and volunteer donors are the
only source.
Blood can be safely donated every 56 days. Platelets can be given
safely every two weeks, up to 24 times a year. Most healthy people
age 17 and older, or 16 with parental consent, who weigh at least
110 pounds, are eligible to donate blood and platelets.
For more information or to schedule an appointment to donate, please
call 1-800-GIVE LIFE (448-3543) or visit redcrossblood.org.

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