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SYRACUSE - With no substitute for blood and no way to manufacture it, volunteer donors are essential for hospital patients in need of transfusions. During National Volunteer Month this April, the American Red Cross is celebrating the blood, platelet and plasma donors who help fulfill its lifesaving mission and urging healthy individuals to join them in giving. Nearly 2.6 million Red Cross volunteer donors step up every year to ensure blood is on the shelves when patients need it. The generosity...

Blood donation scheduled in Delphos Blood donation: 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Eagles, 1600 E. 5th St., Delphos. DELPHOS — There will be a blood donation opportunity from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, May 6 at Eagles, 1600 E. 5th St., Delphos. —- Give blood with the Red Cross during National Volunteer Month INDIANAPOLIS — With no substitute for blood and no way to manufacture it, volunteer donors are essential for hospital patients in need of transfusions. During National Volunteer Month t...

Amid the ongoing challenges of recruiting blood donors during the COVID-19 pandemic, local nonprofit Memorial Blood Centers (MBC) is facing a shortage of blood and platelet donations. The need for blood is constant, but due to the pandemic, many drives have been canceled or postponed. To replenish supplies for the Northland’s hospitals, trauma centers, and air ambulance bases, more healthy donors are needed at blood drives and donor centers in the coming weeks. Appointments can be made onlin...

Area blood drives announced The Red Cross has scheduled nearly a dozen blood drives in the area during April, which is National Volunteer Month. As a special thank you, those who donate by April 30 automatically will be entered for a chance to win one of five $1,000 e-gift cards to a merchant of choice. Additional details are available at rcblood.org/Gift.  The Red Cross continues to urge healthy individuals, especially those with type O blood, to give blood to ensure hospitals can meet patie...

LIMA — There will be a blood donation opportunity from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 20 at American Red Cross Allen County Chapter House, 610 S. Co

Blood donation scheduled in Waynesfield Blood donation: 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Waynesfield-Goshen High School, 500 N. Westminster St., Waynesfield. WAYNESFIELD — There will be a blood donation opportunity from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 21 at Waynesfield-Goshen High School, 500 N. Westminster St., Waynesfield. —- Give blood with the Red Cross during National Volunteer Month INDIANAPOLIS — With no substitute for blood and no way to manufacture it, volunteer donors are essential for ...

The American Red Cross is holding blood drives in Fayette and Greene counties in the coming weeks. The organization urged healthy individuals, especially those with type O blood, to give blood to ensure hospitals can meet patient needs. Schedule a donation appointment by downloading the Red Cross Blood Donor App, visiting RedCrossBlood.org, calling 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or enabling the Blood Donor Skill on any Alexa Echo device. Those who come to give by April 30 will automatically b...

The need for all blood types never ends, but the American Red Cross is asking donors with type "O" blood especially to come forward and donate soon. T...

Chamber breakfast returns The Newton Area Chamber of Commerces Chamber Breakfast returns to the Meridian Center this month, scheduled for  7:15 a.m. April 16 at 1420 E Broadway Ct,.  The breakfast will be sponsored by Xpress Wellness Urgent Care. There is also a hybrid option for attendance. Cost to attend in person is $12, and cost to attend via Zoom is $5 per person. To attend at either capacity, you must register for the breakfast no later than 5  p.m. on  April 13. Zoom links will be s...

1:30-3 p.m. — A Better Life — Brianna’s Hope, substance abuse recovery and support group meeting, Meese Chapel United Methodist Church, 2906 C.R. 60, Auburn. To meet by video conference, email brad.sisk@inumc.org. Saturday 9-11 a.m. — Eckhart Public Library will offer secure document shredding services free. Confidential Shredding Services will be in the library parking lot at 212 W. 12th St. to provide services in a drive-through format. The documents being shredded must be person...