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The Red Cross Urgently Needs Blood Donations

August 13, 2018

Donate Blood or Platelets by August 30, 2018 and Receive a $5 Gift Card

The American Red Cross is urging people to give blood and platelets now, and help end an emergency summer blood shortage that began last month.

A critical need remains as many regular donors delay giving to take final summer vacations and prepare for school to start. To ensure lifesaving treatments remain available for patients in the coming weeks, donations are needed now, especially for Type O blood.

As a thank you for helping at this urgent time, anyone who donates blood or platelets by August 30th will receive a $5 Amazon.com Gift Card via email (Restrictions apply; see amazon.com/gc-legal. More information and details are available at RedCrossBlood.org/Together.) 

Make an appointment to donate blood by downloading the free American Red Cross Blood Donor App, visiting RedCrossBlood.org or calling 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767). Those who donated blood earlier this summer may be eligible to give again. Blood can be safely given every 56 days, and Power Red donations can be given every 16 weeks.

Upcoming blood donation opportunity:

BrightStar Care of Passaic and Bergen Countyand Fair Lawn is proud to support our local community and the American Red Cross. To learn more about our home health care services, please visit our website.