Red Cross has critical need for platelet and type O negative donors
The American Red Cross is urging all eligible donors throughout the New York-Penn Region to give blood or platelets following the recent winter storm, which forced 56 regional blood drives to cancel and blood donation centers to shut down, causing about 1480 donations to go uncollected. There is a critical need for platelet and type O negative donors.
“The need for blood and platelets is constant despite the weather,” said Patty Corvaia, communications manager, New York-Penn Red Cross Blood Services Region. “Platelet donors and blood donors of all types, especially type O negative, are urged to give when it’s safe to travel to an area blood drive or donation center.”
Platelets are tiny cells in blood that form clots and stop bleeding. Although they are needed for many reasons, cancer patients often rely on platelets during treatment.
Type O negative donors are an important part of the Red Cross trauma team. Because it’s the universal blood type and can be transfused to patients of any blood type, type O negative blood is what emergency room personnel reach for when there is no time to determine the blood type of patients in the most serious situations.
How to help
Eligible donors can find a blood donation opportunity and schedule an appointment to donate by using the free Blood Donor App, visiting redcrossblood.org or calling 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767). The Red Cross is extending hours at many donation sites for more donors to give blood or platelets. Overall, the Red Cross has added nearly 200 hours to blood donation centers and community blood drives across the country over the next few weeks. Donation appointments and completion of a RapidPass online health history questionnaire are encouraged to help speed up the donation process.
Upcoming blood donation opportunities:
American Red Cross Blood Donation Center
7359 Oswego Rd.
Liverpool, NY 13090
Monday & Wednesday 11:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Thursday-Sunday: 7:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Cayuga
Auburn
3/18/2017: 7:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m., Sacred Heart Church, 90 Melrose Road
3/29/2017: 2 p.m. – 7 p.m., Family Video, 48 East Genesee Street
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Cortland
Cortland
3/16/2017: 11:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Cortland Regional Medical Center, 134 Homer Avenue
3/18/2017: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., Faith Baptist Church, 1731 NY State Route 13
3/23/2017: 12:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Cortlandville Fire Department, 999 State Route 13
3/24/2017: 1 p.m. – 6 p.m., YWCA of Cortland, 14 Clayton Avenue
3/29/2017: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., Cortland YMCA, 22 Tompkins Street
Homer
3/22/2017: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., Homer Central High School, Route 281
3/25/2017: 8 a.m. – 1 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 16 Cayuga Street
Marathon
3/16/2017: 8:45 a.m. – 1:45 p.m., Marathon High School, 12 E. Main Street
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Madison
Canastota
3/29/2017: 12 p.m. – 6 p.m., Believers Chapel of Canastota, 2657 Seneca Turnpike
Cazenovia
3/28/2017: 11:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Knowles Cazenovia, Inc., 2777 Route 20
Morrisville
2/28/2017: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., Crouse Community Center, 101 South Street
3/31/2017: 1 p.m. – 6 p.m., Morrisville Community Church, 3824 Swamp Road
Oneida
3/18/2017: 8:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., St Pauls United Methodist Church, 551 Sayles Street
3/30/2017: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Oneida Baptist Church, 242 Main Street
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Onondaga
Baldwinsville
3/20/2017: 1:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m., Baldwinsville Adventist Church, 8255 Willett Parkway
3/29/2017: 3 p.m. – 7 p.m., St. Elizabeth Ann Seton – IMO Shane Rivenburgh, 3494 State Route 31
Cicero
3/23/2017: 1:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m., American Legion Post 787, 5575 Legionare Drive
3/29/2017: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., Driver’s Village, 5885 E. Circle Drive, Suite 200
Clay
3/21/2017: 3 p.m. – 7 p.m., Trinity United Methodist Church, 8396 Morgan Road
East Syracuse
3/16/2017: 2 p.m. – 7 p.m., Over the Rainbow Daycare, 214 Kinne Street
Jordan
3/25/2017: 8 a.m. – 1 p.m., Jordan United Methodist Church, 63 Elbridge Street
Liverpool
3/21/2017: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Bryant and Stratton College Liverpool, 8687 Carling Road
Marcellus
3/18/2017: 8 a.m. – 12 p.m., Marcellus United Methodist Church, 1 Slocombe Avenue
Skaneateles
3/17/2017: 3 p.m. – 7 p.m., Borodino Fire Department, 2500 Nunnery Road
Syracuse
3/16/2017: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., CENY ARC Chapter Biomed Committee, 344 W. Genesee Street #100
3/16/2017: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., Crouse Hospital, 765 Irving Avenue
3/17/2017: 10:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., St Josephs Hospital and Health Center, 301 Prospect Avenue
3/19/2017: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., Temple Adath Yeshurun, 450 Kimber Road
3/22/2017: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., SU Schine Student Center, Waverly Avenue
3/28/2017: 12 p.m. – 6 p.m., Le Moyne College, Campus Center, 1419 Saltsprings Road
3/29/2017: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m., SOS – Heritage Commons, 5496 E Taft Rd Suite C
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Oswego
Fulton
3/18/2017: 8:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., CODY FD, 31 Wilcox Road
3/23/2017: 11:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., YMCA, 715 W Broadway
Hannibal
3/30/2017: 8:15 a.m. – 2:15 p.m., Hannibal High School, 928 Cayuga Street
Hastings
3/22/2017: 1:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m., Hastings Veterans of Foreign Wars 8823, County Route 45
Mexico
3/25/2017: 8 a.m. – 1 p.m., Mexico Veterans of Foreign Wars Edick Hamlink Post 369, 5930 State Route 3
Oswego
3/22/2017: 11:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., Oswego Elks Lodge 271, 132 W 5th Street
3/27/2017: 12:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Fitzhugh Park Elementary school, 195 E. Bridge Street
Parish
3/25/2017: 8 a.m. – 1 p.m., Parish Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated, 16 Union Street
Pulaski
3/24/2017: 1 p.m. – 6 p.m., Pulaski Wesleyan Church, 4591 US Route11
Williamstown
3/18/2017: 8 a.m. – 1 p.m., William Britton Center, 2910 County Route 17
