OMAHA, Neb. -- The American Red Cross asks eligible donors to help ensure blood is available for patients in need by giving blood in May before the busy summer season kicks in.
Blood and platelet donations often decrease when regular donors are vacationing and school is out of session, but the need for blood is constant. Donors are needed in the weeks leading up to summer to help alleviate this seasonal decline.
Donors of all blood types – especially those with types O negative, A negative and B negative – are needed to help ensure blood is available for patients this spring. Those who come to donate blood between May 23 and May 25, 2015, will receive a limited-edition Red Cross-branded RuMe® tote bag, while supplies last.
To make an appointment to give blood, download the Red Cross Blood Donor App, visit redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767).
UPCOMING BLOOD DRIVES IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA
Nemaha County
Auburn
May 18: noon to 6 p.m., 4-H Building, 9th and J St.
May 19: 11:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., 4-H Building, 9th and J St.
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Otoe County
Nebraska City
May 18: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., Arbor Day Foundation, 2700 Sylvan Road
May 19: 7 a.m. - 1 p.m., St Mary's Hospital, 1301 Grundman Road
May 22: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m., Walmart, 2101 S. 11th St.
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Richardson County
Falls City
May 20: noon to 6 p.m., Prichard Auditorium, 312 W. 17th St.
May 21: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., Prichard Auditorium, 312 W. 17th St.
May 26: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Falls City Community Medical Center, 3307 Barada St.
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