Upper Northumberland County Blood Services
Contact: Candee McKee 742-9551
candeem@ptd.net
2010 Blood Drive Schedule
For Blood Drive information, click on calendar .
| Mon. Feb. 15, 2010 |
Turbotville Community Hall, Church St |
1-6:30 p.m. |
| Mon. Feb. 22, 2010 |
Crossroads Church of the Nazarene, Montandon |
1-6 p.m. |
| Thurs. Mar 11, 2010 |
First Lutheran Church, 400 Main St, Watsontown |
12:30 - 6 p.m. |
| Thurs. Mar. 18, 2010 |
Christ Wesleyan Church, Stamm Rd. Milton |
1-6 p.m. |
| Wed. April 7, 2010 |
Christ Lutheran Church, Mahoning St., Milton |
12-6 p.m. |
| Mon. April 12, 2010 |
Turbotville Community Hall, Church St. |
1-6:30 p.m. |
| Mon. April 19, 2010 |
Crossroads Church of the Nazarene, Montandon |
1-6 p.m. |
| Thurs. May 6, 2010 |
First Lutheran Church 400 Main St. Watsontown |
1-6:30 pm |
| Friday May 21, 2010 |
Christ Wesleyan Church 363 Stamm Rd. Milton |
1-6 pm |
| Wed. June 2, 2010 |
Christ Lutheran Church, 1125 Mahoning St. Milton |
12-6 pm |
| Mon. June 21, 2010 |
Crossroads Church of the Nazarene, Nazarene Lane, Montandon |
1-6 pm |
| Tues. June 22, 2010 |
Turbotville Community Center Church St. |
1-6:30 pm |
Appointments are now available for blood donors with busy schedules!
Call 1-800-RED-CROSS or visit www.redcrossblood.org to sign up to donate blood.
If you prefer, you can call the Chapter office directly at 570-742-9551.
Hope to see you soon!
Many opportunities exist in Blood Services to volunteer with us, please call the chapter or complete the online volunteer interest form located on the Volunteer page .
We all expect blood to be there for us, but barely a fraction of those who can give do. Yet sooner or later, virtually all of us will face a time of great vulnerability in which we will need blood, and that time is all too often unexpected.
From its beginning, the American Red Cross has formed a community of service, of generous, strong and decent people bound by beliefs beyond themselves. The honor, spirit and resources of the American people comes forth with neighbors helping neighbors in need — during earthquakes, floods, fires, storms — and also for the deeply personal and often quiet disasters that require a gift of blood.
Collecting enough blood to meet the needs of area hospitals is our focus. We strive to make the experience as pleasant, quick and simple for our donors as possible by offering convenient appointments. Volunteers welcome and prioritize arriving donors, including walk-in donors and make follow-up appointments.
Blood drives are scheduled throughout the year on various days of the week. Donors can select the days which best fit their schedules and make an appointment to save even more time upon arrival at the site.
Donors are called ahead of their appointments to assure that they remember them as well as to make changes if schedules have indeed changed.
All human blood may look alike but when it is tested using special agents, differences become apparent. The main red blood cell groups are A, B, AB, and O. The letters stand for two antigens (chemical substances that can be targeted by one's immune system) labeled A and B.
- Group A blood has only the A antigen
- Group B has the only the B antigen
Group AB has both
Group O has neither
Blood groups further classified as Rh-positive or Rh-negative are called blood types. Blood is Rh-positive if the blood antigen labeled "D" is present and it is Rh-negative if the "D" antigen is absent.
You can't donate red blood cells to just anyone and you can't receive blood from just anyone — blood groups need to be matched. For some clarification on this please go to: http://www.givelife2.org/aboutblood/bloodtypes.asp
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