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    April 17, 2018
    Media Contact:  Liz Star
    Communications Specialist
    651-332-7215
    estar@mbc.org
     
     
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
     
    Give Blood, Give Hope to Hospital Patients in Need
     
    April 17, 2018 (Duluth, MN) – Only 38 percent of people in the United States are eligible to give blood.  Of that 38 percent, only about 7 percent of people do give blood.
     
    Everyone may need blood one day.  Help Memorial Blood Centers collect a stable supply of blood for patients in local hospitals who need it.  Only volunteer blood donors can make a life-saving difference to someone in need.
     
    Step up to give blood at a blood drive or donor center in your neighborhood and help save lives.  Donating blood is convenient and safe when you are:
     
    Step up to give blood at a blood drive or donor center in your neighborhood and help save lives.  Donating blood is convenient and safe when you are:
    • In good health
    • Free of antibiotics for 24 hours, unless taken daily for a skin condition
    • Symptom-free for at least 3 days following a cold or a flu
    • 17 years or older—16 with written parental consent (form available at MBC.ORG)
       
    While walk-in donors are always welcome, we encourage appointments be made in advance.  To register for a blood drive, go online to MBC.ORG or contact the sponsoring organization directly.  Visit MBC.ORG and search blood drives to find the most up-to-date blood drive list in your community.  You can also donate at a local donor center, sponsor your own blood drive, or gather friends to donate together at a Donor Day event.
     
    Memorial Blood Centers is the sole supplier of blood to 14 air ambulance bases across Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin.  Help bring hope to your communities!
     
     
    Date Sponsor Location City Time
    05/01/18 Superior Senior High School 2600 Catlin Ave Superior 7:30 am - 2:30 pm
    05/01/18 Carlton County
    Public Health and Human Services    		 14 N 11th St Cloquet 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
    05/02/18 Duluth East High School 301 N 40th Ave E Duluth 7:30 am - 2:30 pm
    05/03/18 UMD Kirby Student Center 1120 Kirby Dr Duluth 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
    05/03/18 Deer River Community Goodall Resource Center
    1006 Comstock Dr    		 Deer River 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
    05/04/18 Hermantown High School 4335 Hawk Circle Dr Hermantown 7:30 am - 2:30 pm
    05/05/18 Lowe's 12025 Hwy 169 W Hibbing 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
    05/07/18 South Ridge School 8162 Swan Lake Rd Saginaw 7:30 am - 11:30 am
    05/07/18 Northland College 1411 Ellis Ave Ashland 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
    05/08/18 BMO Harris Bank 100 Main St E Ashland 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
    05/08/18 Cherry School Student Council 3943 Tamminen Rd Iron 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
    05/09/18 Washburn High School & Community 305 W 4th St Washburn 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
    05/09/18 Mountain Iron - Buhl High School 5720 Marble Ave Mountain Iron 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
    05/09/18 AAR 4600 Stebner Rd Duluth 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
    05/10/18 Greenway Student Council Greenway High School
    308 Roosevelt Street    		 Coleraine 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
    05/10/18 Nashwauk-Keewatin High School 400 2nd St Nashwauk 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
    05/10/18 Northwood Children's Services –
    Main Campus    		 714 W College St Duluth 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
    05/11/18 Denfeld High School 401 N 44th Ave W Duluth 7:30 am - 1:30 pm
    05/11/18 Cloquet High School 1000 18th St Cloquet 7:30 am - 2:30 pm
    05/14/18 Chisholm High School 301 SW 4th St Chisholm 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
    05/14/18 Grand Itasca Volunteer Services 1601 Golf Course Rd Grand Rapids 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
    05/15/18 Pine River Backus High School 810 1st St W Pine River 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
    05/15/18 Silver Bay High School 137 Banks Blvd Silver Bay 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
     
     
    Patients in our local hospitals depend on Memorial Blood Centers to be there with the right blood type they need to survive. All types are needed—especially O negative (O-) and O positive (O+).

    About Memorial Blood Centers
    Memorial Blood Centers has been saving lives for 70 years as an independent nonprofit supplying life-saving blood to area hospitals and other partners throughout the U.S. Operating 10 donor centers and conducting hundreds of blood drives each month, Memorial Blood Centers also provides comprehensive testing and expert technical services as a national leader in transfusion medicine.  For more information, call 1-888-GIVE-BLD (1-888-448-3253) or visit MBC.ORG.  Connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
     
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