News Release

Great Lakes Blood Services Region

Media Contact: Todd Kulman, Phone ( !"# $!%&"''" Cell ( !"# %()&'(*(

Schedule of American Red Cross blood drives in Genesee, Lapeer and Shiawassee Counties

Weather Forces Coast-to-Coast Red Cross Blood Drive Cancellations

Urgent need for platelet donors, blood donors with types O, A negative and B negative
Lansing, MIFebruary 14Severe winter weather throughout January and into February has forced the cancellation of American Red Cross blood drives from coast to coast. From January 2 through February 10 more than 1 000 Red Cross blood drives in !" states and #ashington $.C. have been canceled resulting in about !% 000 uncollected blood and &latelet donations. 'he e(traordinary number of cancellations is the e)uivalent of the Red Cross having to shut down its national o&erations for more than two full days. *+n average the Red Cross must collect about 1% 000 units of blood every day to hel& &atients nationwide , said 'odd -ulman Communications .rogram /anager of the Red Cross 0reat 1a2es 3lood Services Region. *Regardless of the weather &atients are counting on blood &roducts to be there when needed., 4ationwide donations in January 201" were down about 10 &ercent when you average ty&ical January donations since 2011. 3lood &roducts are being distributed to hos&itals as )uic2ly as donations come in. All blood ty&es are needed to hel& restoc2 Red Cross shelves. 5ere in the 6%7county 0reat 1a2es Region a&&ro(imately 60 blood drives have been canceled since the beginning of the year resulting in a shortfall of more than 1 800 uncollected blood and &latelet donations in this area. 'here is an urgent need for ty&e + negative + &ositive 3 negative and A negative blood. 'y&e + negative is universal and can li2ely be transfused to anyone who needs blood. 'y&es A negative and 3 negative can be transfused to &atients with either Rh &ositive or negative blood. .latelets a 2ey clotting com&onent of blood often needed by cancer &atients are also urgently needed. .latelets must be transfused within five days of donation so donations are constantly needed. The following is a list of blood drives in your area through March 19th:
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How to Donate Blood To schedule an a++ointment to donate +lease call 1-800- !D " #$$ %1-800-&''-(&)&* or visit redcrossblood+org ,or more in,ormation- .ndividuals /ho are !" 0ears o, age (!) /ith +arental +ermission in some states#, meet /eight and height re1uirements (!!2 +ounds or more, de+ending on their height# and are in generall0 good health ma0 3e eligi3le to donate 3loodPlease 3ring 0our Red Cross 3lood donor card or other ,orm o, +ositive .4 /hen 0ou come to donate,bout the ,-erican ed "ross The Great Lakes Blood Services Region serves ) counties, and needs to collect a3out ) 2 units o, 3lood a da0 to meet +atient need in hos+itals- .n addition to su++l0ing a3out '2 +ercent o, the nation5s 3lood, the 6merican Red Cross teaches li,esaving skills, +rovides international humanitarian aid7 and su++orts militar0 mem3ers and their ,amilies- The Red Cross is a charita3le organi8ation9not a government agenc09and de+ends on volunteers and the generosit0 o, the 6merican +u3lic to +er,orm its mission-