Critical Need For Blood Donations; Blood Drives Saturday And Sunday
July 7, 2011
There’s a critical needĀ blood donors, and there will be an opportunity to help coming up Saturday and Sunday in North Escambia.
“Due to the Fourth of July, we have a critical need for blood type O-negative and an elevated need for B-type donors,” according to Sarah Noel, spokesperson for Northwest Florida Blood Services.
There are three upcoming opportunities to give blood in North Escambia:
- The Bloodmobile will be at the McDavid Mini Mart on Highway 29 across the McDavid Volunteer Fire Department this Saturday, July 9, from 1-7 p.m.
- The Bloodmobile will also be in Molino on Sunday — at Aldersgate UMC from 8-11 a.m. and at Highland Baptist Church from noon until 3 p.m.
- There will also be a blood drive in Century later this month. The Bloodmobile will be at the Century Town Hall onĀ Thursday, July 28 from 3-7 p.m.
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I have been a blood donor for years and will continue to do so…if we don’t give blood someone who needs it could die. That someone could be a family member. Roll up the sleeves, folks!