(Nov. 26, 2018) — The American Red Cross has an urgent need for blood and platelet donors to give now to ensure blood is available for medical treatments and emergencies during the holiday season.
Come to give by Dec. 19, receive a $5 Amazon.com Gift Card in thanks
Blood and platelet donations often decline during the holidays. Regular donors are busy with holiday activities, and travel and severe winter weather may cause blood drive cancellations. Yet donations remain critical for patients like 4-year-old Wyatt Monacelli who is in the midst of intense chemotherapy treatments for leukemia. He has received a number of transfusions since his diagnosis in June and will likely need more.
“We are fortunate to have had so many donors give the gift of life to our child so far throughout the course of his treatment, and even more so, we are lucky to have had a supply of blood available for him when he needed it,” said Julianna Monacelli, Wyatt’s mother.
Donors are urged to give now to ensure that families like Wyatt’s don’t have to worry about the availability of blood this winter. In thanks for helping meet the urgent need around the holidays, all those who come to donate blood or platelets now through Dec. 19, 2018, will receive a $5 Amazon.com Gift Card via email. (Restrictions apply; see amazon.com/gc-legal. More information and details are available at RedCrossBlood.org/Together.)
Make an appointment to donate blood or platelets by downloading the free American Red Cross Blood Donor App, visiting RedCrossBlood.org or calling 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767).
Another way to help keep the blood supply strong is to host a Red Cross blood drive this winter. To learn more about hosting a blood drive and to sign up, visit RedCrossBlood.org/HostADrive.
Upcoming blood donation opportunities Nov. 26-Dec. 19
First Baptist Church, 307 Massac Creek Road, Metropolis, IL 62960 – 12/10/2018: 11:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
First Baptist Church, Monroe and Jefferson, Golconda, IL 62938 – 11/27/2018: 12:30 – 5:30 p.m.
Cross Road United Methodist Church, 1289 Ullin Road, Ullin, IL 62992 – 11/27/2018: 2 – 6 p.m.
First Baptist Church, 135 N. Sixth St. Barlow, KY 42024 – 12/11/2018: 1:30 – 5:30 p.m.
Calvary Baptist Church, 121 Kentucky Ave. Princeton, KY 42445 – 12/6/2018: noon – 6 p.m.
Northside Church of Christ, 711 Housman St. P.O. Box 313, Mayfield, KY 42066 – 12/14/2018: 2 – 6 p.m.
American Legion, 211 S. 7th, Mayfield, KY 42066 – 12/18/2018: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
First United Methodist Church, 210 S. Washington St. Clinton, KY 42031 – 11/26/2018: noon – 6 p.m.
Livingston Hospital Health Care Services, 131 Hospital Drive, Salem, KY 42078 – 11/28/2018: 12:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Lyon County Courthouse, Lyon County Public Library, Eddyville, KY 42038 – 12/12/2018: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Sharpe Elementary School, 8400 US Highway 60 W. Benton, KY 42025 – 12/3/2018: 1 – 5 p.m.
Briensburg Church of Christ, 2349 Benton Briensburg Road, Benton, KY 42025 – 12/10/2018: 1 – 5 p.m.
First Christian Church, 2515 S. Main St. Benton, KY 42025 – 12/14/2018: noon – 5 p.m.
North Marshall Middle School, 3110 Highway 95, Calvert City, KY 42029 – 11/26/2018: 8:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Altona Baptist Church, 5817 US Highway 62, Calvert City, KY 42029 – 12/18/2018: 3 – 7 p.m.
Hardin Baptist Church, 218 College St. Hardin, KY 42048 – 12/17/2018: 9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Paducah Blood Donation Center, 4635 Falconcrest Drive, Paducah, KY 42001
11/26/2018: 11:45 a.m. – 6:45 p.m.
11/27/2018: 8:45 a.m. – 3:45 p.m.
11/29/2018: 11:45 a.m. – 6:45 p.m.
11/30/2018: 8:45 a.m. – 3:45 p.m.
12/1/2018: 7:45 a.m. – 2:45 p.m.
12/2/2018: 7:45 a.m. – 2:15 p.m.
12/3/2018: 11:45 a.m. – 6:45 p.m.