American Red Cross Announces April Blood Drives in Carbon County
News Release: April 1, 2002
Contact: Janice Osborne, Manager-Media & Community Affairs
(610) 865-4400, ext. 262
Have you saved a life today? There are hundreds of ways you can help the American Red Cross save a life. One way is to donate blood.
"Modern medicine could not be practiced without safe, available blood. Blood has become a cornerstone of medicine needed for patients undergoing cancer chemotherapy, a child with sickle cell anemia, a premature baby, a patient having a liver transplant, routine surgery and more," said Molly Groody, communications specialist for the American Red Cross Northeastern Pennsylvania Blood Services Region.
The American Red Cross bloodmobile will visit two locations in Carbon County during April:
Following are the days, times and locations:
Tuesday, April 2, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. -- Split Rock Resort (Galeria Building), Lake Drive, Lake Harmony; and
Tuesday, April 9, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. -- Nesquehoning Recreation Center, West Railroad Street, Nesquehoning.
American Red Cross Blood Services, Northeastern Pennsylvania Region (NEPA), supplies 41 hospitals with blood and blood products in 21 counties in Pennsylvania and three in New York.
Most healthy people who are at least 17 years of age, and who weigh 105 pounds or more, are eligible to donate blood. Donors are required to wait 56 days between donations. For more information, please call 1-800-GIVE LIFE. Please bring some form of ID.
The American Red Cross is not a government agency. All Red Cross disaster assistance is an outright grant. It is made possible through the generous voluntary contributions by the American people of time, materials and money. The American Red Cross is a humanitarian organization, led by volunteers, that provides relief to victims of disasters and helps people prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies.
The American Red Cross of the Greater Lehigh Valley serves more than 660,000 residents in Carbon, Lehigh and Northampton counties. Last year the Red Cross provided health and safety education training and emergency relief services to more than 15,700 Lehigh Valley residents.
For more information about the local Red Cross, visit our Web site at www.redcrosslv.org.
