HUNTINGTON â December may be the season of giving, but itâs typically a challenging time to collect enough blood donations. Add in a pandemic, and this year could be even tougher than usual.
Thatâs why the American Red Cross is urging those who are feeling well to give the gift of life by donating blood or platelets this holiday season.
Between Thanksgiving and Christmas, more than 1 million blood transfusions will be given in the United States. Donations of all blood types are needed to ensure hospital shelves remain stocked to meet patient blood needs.
To make an appointment to give blood, platelets or plasma with the Red Cross, download the Red Cross Blood Donor App, visit RedCrossBlood.org, call 800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or enable the Blood Donor Skill on any Alexa Echo device.
Thomas Lott
CONCORD â Chairs, 120 in all, sit empty on the lawn at All Saints Episcopal Church this weekend.
The chairs were set up Saturday morning with a bell tolling to remember those who have died in Cabarrus County from COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic in March. They will sit there through âThe Service of Light,â which will be held outside at All Saints Episcopal on Monday evening at 7 p.m.
âAll of our normal grieving processes have been derailed,â the Rev. Nancy Cox said in a phone conversation Thursday. âUsually when someone dies, thereâs a whole bunch of people that come to that house and they bring food and they spend time, and then you have some kind of celebration of their life. If youâre a religious person, that would be a religious service. Thereâs some time that people gather for a viewing, a wake; people have memorial services; itâs really all about people, because people coming together and s
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