This spring, the American Red Cross asks donors to help defend the blood supply by giving blood or platelets now to combat a monstrous fact: only 3 out of 100 people donate blood.
Eight Days of Hope (EDOH) is deploying its rapid response heavy equipment team to Western New York to help with snow removal following the several days of intense, lake-effect snow that has covered the area. Multiple feet of snow has fallen in some areas.
The American Red Cross has seen a shortfall of about 25,000 blood donations in the first two months of the summer, which makes it hard to keep hospital shelves stocked with lifesaving blood products. By making an appointment to give blood or platelets in August, donors can keep the national blood supply from falling to shortage levels.