Delaware
Township Volunteer Ambulance Corp. in conjunction with the American Red Cross
will hold a Community Blood Drive on Saturday, July 19, 2014. The event will be
held at the Ambulance Building at 135 Park Road in Dingmans Ferry from 10:00 am
until 2:00 pm. All presenting donors will be eligible to win a $100 American
Express Gift Card. Refreshments will also be provided.
Every day, an
average of 39,000 blood donations is needed for hospital patients across the
United States. Patients need blood for ongoing and emergency medical
treatments. Donated blood is used to meet the needs of area hospitals. Accident
victims as well as patients with cancer, sickle cell disease, blood disorders
and other illnesses receive life-saving transfusions every day. There is no
substitute for blood and volunteer donors are the only source. Blood can be
safely donated every 56 days. Platelets can be given safely every two weeks, up
to 24 times a year. Most healthy people age 17 and older (16 with parental
consent), who weigh at least 110 pounds (depending on height), are eligible to
donate blood and platelets. Blood is especially needed during the summer months
so please bring yourself and a friend to donate blood and help save someone’s
life!
