Palm Beach Outlets extends blood drive campaign through May
Donate blood from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays
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Sugin Quang donates at a blood drive hosted by the Richard Nixon Presidential Library to help meet the urgent demand for donations amid the coronavirus outbreak across the United States in Yorba Linda, Calif., Tuesday, March 31, 2020. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. â Palm Beach Outlets has extended its weekly blood drives through the month of May.
OneBlood s Big Red Bus will continue to appear at Palm Beach Outlets every Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Donations will take place near the PetSmart parking lot.
Immediate need for blood donations at Coffee Memorial Blood Center Coffee Memorial Blood Center says there is an immediate need for blood donations. (Source: KFDA) By Kaitlin Johnson | March 17, 2021 at 11:46 AM CDT - Updated March 17 at 11:46 AM
AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - Coffee Memorial Blood Center says there is an immediate need for blood donations.
This is due to several blood drives cancelling due to the weather conditions.
Donations are already down due to spring break.
Donations are needed for all blood types and platelets.
You can stop by Coffee Memorial Blood Center until 5:30 today at 7500 Wallace Boulevard.
Good morning! If you are already out and about, we need your immediate help today! Spring Break is tough on the.Posted by Coffee Memorial Blood Center on Wednesday, March 17, 2021
Blood Donation Need At Critical Level After Severe Winter Weather
The severe (and unusual for many parts of the country) winter weather has created a critical need for blood donations. In fact, here in the River Valley Blood Services Region which includes Central Kentucky and Southern Indiana the weather caused the cancellation of over 25 drives and resulted in the loss of over 700 blood and platelet donations being collected.
That s a staggering number and that is just here in the Central Kentucky/Southern Indiana area. That doesn t take into account the cancellations and uncollected donations missed all across the country after last week s severe winter weather that stretched across the entire United States. Because thousands of people rely on lifesaving blood donations each and every day, the loss of those missed donations is staggering and potentially devastating.
Another grim result of the winter weather: The community blood supply is dangerously low. Carter BloodCare urgently asks East Texans to give blood ASAP.