Memorial Blood Centers is Calling All Life-Savers
Media Contact: Sam Smith
Communications Coordinator
direct: 651-332-7219
email: Samatha.Smith@innovativeblood.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Memorial Blood Centers is Calling All Life-Savers
March 23, 2016 (Duluth, MN) – Memorial Blood Centers invites all eligible blood donors to roll up their sleeve and give blood. Every 2 seconds someone needs blood – from heart transplant and cancer patients to accident victims. The need for blood is constant, but the supply is not. Only volunteer blood donors can make a life-saving difference to someone in need.
Step up to give blood at a blood drive in your neighborhood and help save lives. Donating blood is convenient and safe when you are healthy, well and:
- In good health
- Free of antibiotics for 24 hours, unless taken daily for skin condition
- Symptom-free for at least 3 days following a cold or a flu
- 17 years or older—16 with written parental consent (form available at MBC.ORG
While walk-in donors are always welcome, we encourage appointments to be made in advance. To register for a blood drive, go online to MBC.ORG or contact the sponsoring organization directly.
| Date | Sponsor | Location | City | Time |
| 4/1/16 | St. Louis County Employee Public Works Building & MN DOT | Richard Hansen Transportation Building, 4787 Midway Rd | Duluth | 7:00 AM – 10:30 AM |
| 4/1/16 | St. Louis County Employee | St. Louis County Courthouse,
100 N 5th Ave W |
Duluth | 8:00 AM – 3:30 PM |
| 4/4/16 | White Community Hospital Fdn. | Aurora Cmty CTR, 15 W 1st St N | Aurora | 10:00 AM – 5:30 PM |
| 4/4/16 | Fond du Lac Tribal & Cmty College | 2101-14th St | Cloquet | 10:00 AM – 1:30 PM |
| 4/5/16 | DNR | 1201 E Hwy Two | Grand Rapids | 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM |
| 4/5/16 | First United Methodist Church | 230 E Skyline Pkwy | Duluth | 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM |
| 4/6/16 | Sanford Health of Nern Minnesota | 1300 Anne St NW | Bemidji | 1:30 PM – 5:30 PM |
| 4/6/16 | Elim Lutheran Church – Duluth | 6101 Cody St | Duluth | 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM |
| 4/7/16 | Sanford Health of Nern Minnesota | 1300 Anne St NW | Bemidji | 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM |
| 4/7/16 | UMD Kirby Student Center | 1120 Kirby Dr | Duluth | 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM |
| 4/7/16 | Piedmont Community Blood Drive RSI & Viewcrest Health Center | 3111 Church St | Duluth | 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM |
| 4/7/16 | Oak Hills Christian College | 1600 Oak Hills Rd | Bemidji | 1:30 PM – 4:00 PM |
| 4/8/16 | Deer River High School | 101 1st Ave NE | Deer River | 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM |
| 4/8/16 | Northwood School National Honor Society |
N 14463 Hwy 53 | Minong | 9:30 AM – 2:00 PM |
| 4/10/16 | Minnesota Air Nat’l Guard 148th | 4630 Mustang Dr | Duluth | 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM |
| 4/11/16 | Virginia High School | 411 5th Ave S | Virginia | 9:00 AM – 1:30 PM |
| 4/11/16 | University of Wisconsin-Superior | Belknap & Catlin | Superior | 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM |
| Date | Sponsor | Location | City | Time |
| 4/12/16 | Chris Jensen Health & Rehabilitation Center | 2501 Rice Lake Rd | Hermantown | 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM |
| 4/12/16 | Cromwell-Wright High School | 5624 Hwy 210 | Cromwell | 10:30 AM – 5:30 PM |
| 4/12/16 | Pine City Community | Frandsen Bank & Trust, 560 3rd Ave SE |
Pine City | 10:30 AM – 6:00 PM |
| 4/13/16 | Northwestern High School | 4751 Cty Rd F | Maple | 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM |
| 4/13/16 | Webster High School | PO Box 9 | Webster | 9:00 AM – 1:30 PM |
| 4/13/16 | UMD Housing & Residence Life | Lake Superior Hall, 149, 513 Niagra Ct |
Duluth | 1:00 PM – 8:00 PM |
| 4/14/16 | Esko High School | 2 Hwy 61 E | Esko | 8:00 AM – 2:30 PM |
| 4/14/16 | WITC-Superior Campus | 600 N 21st St | Superior | 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM |
| 4/15/16 | U.S. Bank | 130 W Superior St | Duluth | 8:00 AM – 11:30 AM |
| 4/17/16 | Glen Avon Presbyterian Church | 2105 Woodland Ave | Duluth | 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM |
| 4/18/16 | Virginia Mesabi Range College | 1001 W Chestnut St | Virginia | 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM |
| 4/18/16 | Gilbert VFW | 224 N Broadway | Gilbert | 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM |
| 4/19/16 | NRRI & Curtis Oil | 5013 Miller Trunk Hwy | Hermantown | 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM |
| 4/19/16 | Hinckley Community | Daggett’s IGA, Cty Hwy 16 & 1st St | Hinckley | 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM |
| 4/20/16 | Hinckley Finlayson High School | 201 Main St | Hinckley | 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM |
| 4/20/16 | Wrenshall High School | 207 Pioneer Dr | Wrenshall | 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM |
| 4/21/16 | The College of St. Scholastica | 1200 Kenwood Ave | Duluth | 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM |
| 4/21/16 | Kiwanis Club | Dairy Queen, 1441 Sheridan | Ely | 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM |
| 4/22/16 | Northeast Range School | 30 S Dr | Babbitt | 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM |
| 4/25/16 | Eveleth-Gilbert High School | 801 Jones St | Eveleth | 9:00 AM – 1:30 PM |
| 4/25/16 | Rainy Lake Medical Center | 1400 Hwy 71 | International Falls | 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM |
| 4/26/16 | International Falls High School | 1515 11th St | International Falls | 8:00 AM – 10:30 AM |
| 4/26/16 | St. Louis County | Northland OFC CTR, 307 S 1st St | Virginia | 9:00 AM – 1:30 PM |
| 4/26/16 | First Lutheran Church | 123 Wayside Ln | International Falls | 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM |
| 4/27/16 | Koochiching County Employees | Forestland Building, 1000 5th St | International Falls | 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM |
| 4/27/16 | Lakeview Christian Academy | 155 W Central Entrance | Duluth | 8:15 AM – 3:15 PM |
| 4/27/16 | Lake Superior College | 2101 Trinity Rd | Duluth | 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM |
| 4/28/16 | Two Harbors High School | 1640 Hwy 2 | Two Harbors | 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM |
| 4/28/16 | Washburn High School & Cmty | 305 W 4th St | Washburn | 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM |
| 4/29/16 | Proctor High School | 131 9th Ave | Proctor | 7:30 AM – 2:30 PM |
Patients in our local hospitals depend on Memorial Blood Centers to be there with the right blood type they need to survive. All types are needed—especially O negative (O-) and O positive (O+).
About Memorial Blood Centers
Memorial Blood Centers has been saving lives for over 65 years as an independent nonprofit supplying life-saving blood to area hospitals and other partners throughout the U.S. Operating 10 donor centers and conducting hundreds of blood drives each month, Memorial Blood Centers also provides comprehensive testing and expert technical services as a national leader in transfusion medicine. For more information, call 1-888-GIVE-BLD (1-888-448-3253) or visit MBC.ORG. Connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
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