Show Your Love This February: Give Blood

Show Your Love This February: Give Blood

News Release: January 20, 2006
Contact: Janice Osborne, director-Communications and Marketing; (610) 865-4400, ext. 262

This February, make a donation that could keep someone's heart beating. Give blood and help save a life. Every two seconds someone in America needs blood.

American Red Cross blood drives for February are scheduled for the following dates and locations:

Monday, Feb. 13, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., at Jim Thorpe Memorial Hall, W. 10th St., Jim Thorpe;
Wednesday, Feb. 22, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., at Blue Mountain Health System Conference Center, Sixth and Iron streets, Lehighton; and,
Saturday, Feb. 25, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Palmerton Borough Hall, 455 Delaware Avenue, Palmerton.

Anyone who is at least 17 years old, who weighs at least 110 pounds, and is in good health may give blood. For more information, contact the Carbon County office of the American Red Cross of the Greater Lehigh Valley at (610) 377-2100 or call 1-800-GIVE LIFE.

The American Red Cross of the Greater Lehigh Valley serves more than 660,000 residents of Carbon, Lehigh and Northampton counties. Last year the Red Cross provided health and safety education training; Lifeline, a personal response service for seniors; and emergency relief to more than 20,000 Greater Lehigh Valley residents. For more information about the American Red Cross of the Greater Lehigh Valley or volunteer opportunities, call (610) 865-4400 or visit www.redcrosslv.org.