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Darke County December Blood Drives
Feel good about
giving… all the way to your jingle toes
DARKE COUNTY, Ohio – Darke County will have several holiday season
community blood drives. Community Blood Center is celebrating the
season by offering a warm gift of colorful holiday socks to everyone
who registers to donate. Schedule an appointment online at
www.DonorTime.com or call 1-800-388-GIVE.
The holiday season is an especially challenging time of year for
maintaining the area blood supply. If you must miss an
appointment to donate please reschedule as soon as you can.
The holiday gift socks are part of the “Make it a Holiday to Remember
All the Way to Your Jingle Toes” campaign. The holiday socks are
green, grey and red with multi-colored Christmas tree bulbs
representing blood types. They are one size fits all, and are
free when you register to donate Dec. 3 through Dec. 29 at a CBC Donor
Center or mobile blood drive.
CBC is expanding the opportunity to donate platelets and plasma at
select community blood drives. Platelets are the cells that control
bleeding while plasma is the fluid that maintains blood pressure. Both
are vital for the treatment of cancer, trauma, organ transplant, and
burn patients. New platelet donors are in high demand, especially those
with blood types A, AB, or B positive. Find out more at
www.GivingBlood.org or talk to an apheresis specialist at (937)
461-3220.
Teddy Bears & Friends for Wayne HealthCare Patients
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Greenville Church of the Brethren
421 Central Ave., Greenville
12:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Sponsored by: Darke County Lions Clubs of Arcanum, Gettysburg,
Greenville, & Pitsburg
Registered donors sign a gift tag, attach it to a new stuffed animal,
and the stuffed animals are taken to Wayne HealthCare to be given out
to patients during the Holiday Season!
Open to the Community
Appointments Encouraged!
Thursday, December 13, 2018
Bradford High School
750 Railroad Ave., Bradford
3:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Sponsored By: Bradford High School NHS
Open to the Community
Appointments Encouraged!
Saturday, December 15, 2018
Tri-Village Rescue
320 North Main Street, New Madison
8:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Sponsored by: Tri-Village Rescue
Open to the Community
Appointments Encouraged!
Wednesday, December 19, 2018
Ansonia High School
High School Gym
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Sponsored by Ansonia High School FFA
Open to the Community, Students, Faculty, & Staff
Thursday, December 27, 2018
Saint Paul Lutheran Church
13495 Greenville-St. Mary’s Road just outside of North Star
2:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Sponsored by Saint Paul Lutheran Church
Open to the Community
Appointments Encouraged!
Learn more at www.GivingBlood.org
Connect with Community Blood Center for the latest information and
services at www.GivingBlood.org. Get fast and complete answers on how
to make your first donation, organize a blood drive, or bring our
education program to your school. Get all the updates in the CBC/CTS
newsroom, find quick links to our social media pages, or schedule your
next appointment to donate by connecting to www.DonorTime.com.
Blood donation requirements: Donors are required to provide a
photo ID that includes their full name. Past CBC donors are also
asked to bring their CBC donor ID card. Donors must be at least
17 years of age (16 years old with parental consent: form available at
www.givingblood.org or at CBC branch & blood drive locations),
weigh a minimum of 110 pounds (you may have to weigh more, depending on
your height), and be in good physical health. The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) changes blood donor eligibility guidelines
periodically. Individuals with eligibility questions are invited
to email canidonate@cbccts.org or call 1(800)388-GIVE. Make an
appointment at www.DonorTime.com.
Community Blood Center/Community Tissue Services® is an independent,
not-for-profit organization. Community Blood Center provides
blood products to 25 hospitals and health centers within a 15-county
service area in the Miami (Ohio) and Whitewater (Indiana)
Valleys. For more information about Community Blood
Center/Community Tissue Services®, visit www.givingblood.org.
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