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Holiday
Blood
Donations
December
24, 2008 |
Each time a person
donates blood they can
save the lives of up to
three people. However,
lives can only be saved
if there is enough blood
to go around. “Blood is
always going to be used
and we need to make sure
the inventory levels are
high enough to make sure
everybody gets what they
need,” says Nancy
Hendrick who is a
program coordinator for
Lee Memorial Blood
Centers. The holiday
season usually marks one
of the slowest times of
year for donating
blood. Nancy says,
“During the holiday
season a lot of people
are sick, we have
the flu, other reasons
why they can’t donate a
lot of people are too
busy, people are on
vacation, people are out
doing their Christmas
shopping.” The staff
with Lee Memorial Blood
Centers is working to
make giving blood easy
and fun this season.
They’re asking for your
support in the Be a
Holiday Hero Blood
Drives. “We have
mobiles that are out
every single day at
their churches,
businesses, retail
locations the hospitals
the three sites we have
at Cape, Healthpark, and
Lee donor centers are
open. We have a festive
theme going on here, we
have food, we have gifts
we have raffle prizes,
door prizes to motivate
them to come on out.”
Nancy says there is
still plenty of time for
you to become a Holiday
Hero Blood Donor. The
next scheduled blood
drives are on December
30th at Gulf
Coast Hospital, January
7th at
Healthpark Medical
Center and January 15th
at Lee Memorial
Hospital. On average
the process of donating
blood takes about a half
hour from start to
finish.
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