Blood Drive: July 9th in the Fitness Center Mondo Gym
07/03/13
Contributed by Sue DuBrava
Donate blood at this summer’s Blood Drive on July 9th, from 10:00am to 5:00pm in the Fitness Center Mondo Gym. Please call 1-800-REDCROSS or email redcross@ithaca.edu to set up an appointment today. Walk-ins will be accepted. We will be taking two Double Red Donation every hour, so set up you appointment time now!
Donate blood at this summer’s Blood Drive on July 9th, from 10:00am to 5:00pm in the Fitness Center Mondo Gym. Please call 1-800-REDCROSS or email redcross@ithaca.edu to set up an appointment today. Walk-ins will be accepted. We will be taking two Double Red Donation every hour, so set up you appointment time now!
Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Sue DuBrava at sdubrava@ithaca.edu or (607) 274-3620. We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.
- Every two seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood.
- More than 44,000 blood donations are needed every day.
- A total of 30 million blood components are transfused each year in the U.S. (2006).
- The average red blood cell transfusion is approximately 3 pints.
- The blood type most often requested by hospitals is Type O.
- More than 1 million new people are diagnosed with cancer each year. Many of them will need blood, sometimes daily, during their chemotherapy treatment.
- A single car accident victim can require as many as 100 pints of blood.
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