Blood drives upcomingDate: 10/9/2015 GREATER SPRINGFIELD – During Liver Awareness Month this October, the American Red Cross encourages eligible donors to give blood and platelets to support liver transplant patients and others needing blood products.
Liver transplants are the second most common type of transplant with more than 6,000 performed in the U.S. each year, according to the American Liver Foundation. Liver transplant patients may require in excess of 30 pints of blood during surgery.
To make an appointment to donate blood, eligible donors are encouraged to download the new Red Cross Blood Donor App from app stores or text BLOODAPP to 90999 to receive a download link, visit redcrossblood.org or call 800-RED CROSS (800-733-2767).
Upcoming local blood donation opportunities include:
Oct. 8: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Chicopee Comp High School, 617 Montgomery Ave.
Oct. 9 to 11: 8:15 a.m. to 2 p.m., Springfield Blood Donation Center, 150 Brookdale Drive.
Oct. 10: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., First Congregational Church, 18 Broad St., Westfield
Oct. 12 to 14: 12:45 to 6:30 p.m., Springfield Blood Donation Center, 150 Brookdale Drive.
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