Give something that means something – Give blood or host a blood drive

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News release from the American Red Cross:

Give something that means something – Give blood or host a blood drive

(November 16, 2015) – The American Red Cross encourages individuals and organizations to give something that means something this winter by making a lifesaving blood donation or hosting a blood drive.

Blood donations often decline from now to New Year’s Day when holiday festivities pull people away from their donation appointments. Seasonal illnesses, such as colds and the flu, can also have a serious impact on blood donations.

In addition, there are fewer blood drives during the winter months when many hosting organizations postpone drives while people are traveling for the holidays. Severe winter weather may also cause scheduled blood drives to be canceled.

Despite the busy holiday season and threat of extreme freezing weather, the need for blood remains steady. Organizations can help by hosting a blood drive during the winter months, and eligible donors are encouraged to make an appointment to give blood. Donors with all blood types are needed, especially those with types O negative, B negative, A negative and AB blood.

Visit redcrossblood.org to learn more about hosting a blood drive. To make an appointment to donate blood, download the free Red Cross Blood Donor App from app stores, visit redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767). Donors can now use the Blood Donor App to access their donor card and view vital signs from previous donations.

Upcoming blood donation opportunities:

Adams County

11/30/2015: 2 p.m. – 8 p.m., Lehman Park Pavilion, 667 Lehman St, Berne

12/7/2015: 11:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., Riverside Center, 231 East Monroe St, Decatur

12/19/2015: 8 a.m. – 2 p.m., Adams Memorial Hospital, 1100 Mercer Avenue, Decatur

Allen County

11/16/2015: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., Fort Wayne Blood Donation Center, 1212 E California Rd, Fort Wayne

11/16/2015: 1:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m., Lutheran Hospital Blood Donation Center, 7900 W. Jefferson Suite 107, Fort Wayne

11/17/2015: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., Fort Wayne Blood Donation Center, 1212 E California Rd, Fort Wayne

11/17/2015: 1:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m., Lutheran Hospital Blood Donation Center, 7900 W. Jefferson Suite 107, Fort Wayne

11/17/2015: 3 p.m. – 7 p.m., Resurrection Lutheran Church, 14318 Lima Road, Fort Wayne

11/18/2015: 7:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m., Lutheran Hospital Blood Donation Center, 7900 W. Jefferson Suite 107, Fort Wayne

11/18/2015: 8:30 a.m. – 11 a.m., Kelley Chevrolet, 5220 Value Drive, Fort Wayne

11/18/2015: 12 p.m. – 6 p.m., Fort Wayne Blood Donation Center, 1212 E California Rd, Fort Wayne

11/19/2015: 7:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m., Lutheran Hospital Blood Donation Center, 7900 W. Jefferson Suite 107, Fort Wayne

11/19/2015: 12 p.m. – 6 p.m., Fort Wayne Blood Donation Center, 1212 E California Rd, Fort Wayne

11/19/2015: 1 p.m. – 3:30 p.m., Cummins Crosspoint, 3415 West Coliseum Blvd., Fort Wayne

11/20/2015: 8 a.m. – 2 p.m., Fort Wayne Blood Donation Center, 1212 E California Rd, Fort Wayne

11/21/2015: 7:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m., Lutheran Hospital Blood Donation Center, 7900 W. Jefferson Suite 107, Fort Wayne

11/21/2015: 8 a.m. – 1 p.m., Fort Wayne Blood Donation Center, 1212 E California Rd, Fort Wayne

11/23/2015: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., Fort Wayne Blood Donation Center, 1212 E California Rd, Fort Wayne

11/23/2015: 1:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m., Lutheran Hospital Blood Donation Center, 7900 W. Jefferson Suite 107, Fort Wayne

11/23/2015: 2 p.m. – 6 p.m., Emanuel Lutheran Church, 800 Green Street, New Haven

11/24/2015: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., Fort Wayne Blood Donation Center, 1212 E California Rd, Fort Wayne

11/24/2015: 1:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m., Lutheran Hospital Blood Donation Center, 7900 W. Jefferson Suite 107, Fort Wayne

11/25/2015: 7:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m., Lutheran Hospital Blood Donation Center, 7900 W. Jefferson Suite 107, Fort Wayne

11/25/2015: 12 p.m. – 6 p.m., Fort Wayne Blood Donation Center, 1212 E California Rd, Fort Wayne

11/27/2015: 8 a.m. – 2 p.m., Fort Wayne Blood Donation Center, 1212 E California Rd, Fort Wayne

11/28/2015: 7:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m., Lutheran Hospital Blood Donation Center, 7900 W. Jefferson Suite 107, Fort Wayne

11/28/2015: 8 a.m. – 1 p.m., Fort Wayne Blood Donation Center, 1212 E California Rd, Fort Wayne

11/30/2015: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., Fort Wayne Blood Donation Center, 1212 E California Rd, Fort Wayne

11/30/2015: 1:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m., Lutheran Hospital Blood Donation Center, 7900 W. Jefferson Suite 107, Fort Wayne

12/1/2015: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., Fort Wayne Blood Donation Center, 1212 E California Rd, Fort Wayne

12/1/2015: 1:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m., Lutheran Hospital Blood Donation Center, 7900 W. Jefferson Suite 107, Fort Wayne

12/2/2015: 7:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m., Lutheran Hospital Blood Donation Center, 7900 W. Jefferson Suite 107, Fort Wayne

12/2/2015: 9 a.m. – 11 a.m., Fire Police City County Federal Credit Union – N Clinton, 3306 North Clinton, Fort Wayne

12/2/2015: 12 p.m. – 6 p.m., Fort Wayne Blood Donation Center, 1212 E California Rd, Fort Wayne

12/3/2015: 7:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m., Lutheran Hospital Blood Donation Center, 7900 W. Jefferson Suite 107, Fort Wayne

12/3/2015: 12 p.m. – 6 p.m., Fort Wayne Blood Donation Center, 1212 E California Rd, Fort Wayne

12/4/2015: 8 a.m. – 10:30 a.m., Mill Supplies Inc., 5105 Industrial Rd., Fort Wayne

12/4/2015: 8 a.m. – 2 p.m., Fort Wayne Blood Donation Center, 1212 E California Rd, Fort Wayne

12/4/2015: 1 p.m. – 3 p.m., Tomkinson BMW, 929 Avenue of Autos, 14/69 Auto Mall, Fort Wayne

12/5/2015: 7:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m., Lutheran Hospital Blood Donation Center, 7900 W. Jefferson Suite 107, Fort Wayne

12/5/2015: 8 a.m. – 1 p.m., Fort Wayne Blood Donation Center, 1212 E California Rd, Fort Wayne

12/6/2015: 8 a.m. – 1 p.m., St Joseph Catholic Church, 11337 Old US 27 South, Fort Wayne

12/7/2015: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., Fort Wayne Blood Donation Center, 1212 E California Rd, Fort Wayne

12/7/2015: 1:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m., Lutheran Hospital Blood Donation Center, 7900 W. Jefferson Suite 107, Fort Wayne

12/7/2015: 2 p.m. – 8 p.m., Christian Community Center of Harlan, 12616 Spencerville Road,Â Harlan

12/8/2015: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., Fort Wayne Blood Donation Center, 1212 E California Rd, Fort Wayne

12/8/2015: 1 p.m. – 4 p.m., Granite City Food & Brewery, 3809 Coldwater Road, Fort Wayne

12/8/2015: 1:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m., Lutheran Hospital Blood Donation Center, 7900 W. Jefferson Suite 107, Fort Wayne

12/9/2015: 7:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m., Lutheran Hospital Blood Donation Center, 7900 W. Jefferson Suite 107, Fort Wayne

12/9/2015: 7:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., PNC Building, 110 W. Berry Street, Suite 2400, Fort Wayne

12/9/2015: 12 p.m. – 6 p.m., Fort Wayne Blood Donation Center, 1212 E California Rd, Fort Wayne

12/10/2015: 12 p.m. – 6 p.m., Fort Wayne Blood Donation Center, 1212 E California Rd, Fort Wayne

12/10/2015: 1:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m., Lutheran Hospital Blood Donation Center, 7900 W. Jefferson Suite 107, Fort Wayne

12/11/2015: 8 a.m. – 2 p.m., Fort Wayne Blood Donation Center, 1212 E California Rd, Fort Wayne

12/12/2015: 7:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m., Lutheran Hospital Blood Donation Center, 7900 W. Jefferson Suite 107, Fort Wayne

12/12/2015: 8 a.m. – 12 p.m., Concordia Lutheran Church, 4245 Lake Ave, Fort Wayne

12/12/2015: 8 a.m. – 1 p.m., Fort Wayne Blood Donation Center, 1212 E California Rd, Fort Wayne

12/14/2015: 6 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Fort Wayne Blood Donation Center, 1212 E California Rd, Fort Wayne

12/14/2015: 12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m., Bethesda Lutheran Communities, 3948 New Vision Drive, Fort Wayne

12/14/2015: 12:30 p.m. – 7 p.m., Fort Wayne Blood Donation Center, 1212 E California Rd, Fort Wayne

12/14/2015: 1:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m., Lutheran Hospital Blood Donation Center, 7900 W. Jefferson Suite 107, Fort Wayne

12/14/2015: 4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m., American Legion, 14133 SR 1, LEO

12/15/2015: 7 a.m. – 11 a.m., St. Joseph Hospital, 700 Broadway, Fort Wayne

12/15/2015: 8 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., Fort Wayne Blood Donation Center, 1212 E California Rd, Fort Wayne

12/15/2015: 9 a.m. – 11 a.m., Hylant Group, 6714 Point Inverness Way suite 1, Fort Wayne

12/15/2015: 1 p.m. – 3:30 p.m., Petroleum Traders, 7120 Pointe Inverness Way, Fort Wayne

12/15/2015: 1:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m., Lutheran Hospital Blood Donation Center, 7900 W. Jefferson Suite 107, Fort Wayne

12/15/2015: 1:30 p.m. – 7 p.m., Fort Wayne Blood Donation Center, 1212 E California Rd, FortÂ Wayne

12/16/2015: 7:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m., Lutheran Hospital Blood Donation Center, 7900 W. Jefferson Suite 107, Fort Wayne

12/16/2015: 8 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., Fort Wayne Blood Donation Center, 1212 E California Rd, Fort Wayne

12/16/2015: 1 p.m. – 3:30 p.m., Agri Stats, 6510 Mutual Drive, Fort Wayne

12/16/2015: 1:30 p.m. – 7 p.m., Fort Wayne Blood Donation Center, 1212 E California Rd, Fort Wayne

12/17/2015: 7:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m., Lutheran Hospital Blood Donation Center, 7900 W. Jefferson Suite 107, Fort Wayne

12/17/2015: 8 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., Fort Wayne Blood Donation Center, 1212 E California Rd, Fort Wayne

12/17/2015: 8:30 a.m. – 11 a.m., STAR Financial Bank Fort Wayne, 6230 Bluffton Road, Fort Wayne

12/17/2015: 1:30 p.m. – 7 p.m., Fort Wayne Blood Donation Center, 1212 E California Rd, Fort Wayne

12/18/2015: 8 a.m. – 2 p.m., Fort Wayne Blood Donation Center, 1212 E California Rd, Fort Wayne

12/18/2015: 2 p.m. – 7 p.m., Good Shepherd UMC, 4700 Vance Avenue, Fort Wayne

12/19/2015: 7:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m., Lutheran Hospital Blood Donation Center, 7900 W. Jefferson Suite 107, Fort Wayne

12/19/2015: 8 a.m. – 1 p.m., Fort Wayne Blood Donation Center, 1212 E California Rd, Fort Wayne

DeKalb County

12/1/2015: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 1203 East 7th St., Auburn

12/1/2015: 1 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., American Legion Garrett, 515 W. 5th Ave, Garrett

12/16/2015: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., American Legion Butler, 118 North Broadway, Butler

Huntington County

11/18/2015: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., Huntington University, 2303 College Ave., Huntington

11/27/2015: 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., Parkview Huntington Hospital, 2001 Stults Rd, Huntington

12/7/2015: 2 p.m. – 7 p.m., Evangelical United Methodist Church, 1000 Flaxmill Rd., Huntington

12/13/2015: 7:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m., SS Peter and Paul Catholic Church/School, 860 Cherry St, Huntington

12/17/2015: 8 a.m. – 12 p.m., YMCA, 1160 W 500 N, Huntington

12/17/2015: 2 p.m. – 6 p.m., Knight-Bergman Center, 132 S. Nancy St., Warren

Lagrange County

11/27/2015: 1 p.m. – 5 p.m., Blue Gate Garden Inn, 800 S. Van Buren Street, Shipshewana

11/28/2015: 8 a.m. – 12 p.m., South Milford Church of Christ, 8030 E 600 S, Wolcottville

12/1/2015: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Farmstead Inn & Conference Center, 370 S. Van Buren St., Shipshewana

12/8/2015: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., LaGrange First Church of God, 777 N. Detroit St., Lagrange

12/15/2015: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., Maple Grove Church, 806 S. Main St., Topeka

Noble County

11/23/2015: 1 p.m. – 6 p.m., St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic School, 232 N. Main St., Avilla

11/30/2015: 2:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m., Grace Christian Church, 126 E. Mitchell Street, Kendallville

12/5/2015: 8 a.m. – 12 p.m., St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 210 N Orange Street, Albion

12/12/2015: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m., Cole Center Family YMCA, 700 S. Garden St., P.O. Box 233, Kendallville

Steuben County

12/2/2015: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m., Sonlight Community Church, 455 N Gerald Lett Avenue, Angola

12/10/2015: 1 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., American Legion Post 423, 6215 S.R. 327, Orland

12/14/2015: 12 p.m. – 6 p.m., St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, 700 West Maumee Street, Angola

Wells County

11/22/2015: 8 a.m. – 12 p.m., Life Church, 428 South Oak Street, Bluffton

11/30/2015: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., Lowes Home Improvement, 2105 North Main St., Bluffton

12/14/2015: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, 215 East Dustman Rd., Bluffton

12/14/2015: 2 p.m. – 6 p.m., Church of Christ, 455 E. Morse St., Markle

Whitley County

11/16/2015: 2:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m., Northern Heights Elementary School, 5209 N. SR 109, Columbia City

How to donate blood
Simply download the American Red Cross Blood Donor App, visit https://www.redcrossblood.org/ or call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) to make an appointment or for more information. All blood types are needed to ensure a reliable supply for patients. A blood donor card or driver’s license or two other forms of identification are required at check-in. Individuals who are 17 years of age (16 with parental consent in some states), weigh at least 110 pounds and are in generally good health may be eligible to donate blood. High school students and other donors 18 years of age and younger also have to meet certain height and weight requirements.

Blood donors can now save time at their next donation by using RapidPass to complete their pre-donation reading and health history questionnaire online, on the day of their donation, prior to arriving at the blood drive. To get started, visit redcrossblood.org/RapidPass and follow the instructions on the site.

About the American Red Cross
The American Red Cross shelters, feeds and provides emotional support to victims of disasters; supplies about 40 percent of the nation’s blood; teaches skills that save lives; provides international humanitarian aid; and supports military members and their families. The Red Cross is a not-for-profit organization that depends on volunteers and the generosity of the American public to perform its mission. For more information, please visit redcross.org.

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