[Mr_Magoo]

I am leaving now to go to a local hospital to donate.

[joathome]

My daughters are attempting to organize groups of students on their respective college campuses. Students, please take this as a challenge to do the same.

[joathome]

My daughters are attempting to organize groups of students on their respective college campuses. Students, please take this as a challenge to do the same.

[lowbridge]

http://www.redcrossdc.org/ServiceCenters/dcredcross.php3

http://www.nybloodcenter.org/BloodDriveLocator/index.htm http://www.nybloodcenter.org/BloodDriveLocator/bs_NY.htm

For more information call 1-800-933-2566.

http://www.cordblooddonor.org/referral_list.htm

http://www.bloodbankofdelaware.org/giving/bb_donor_sites.htm

http://www.redcross.org/cmh-oh/

Note: The Red Cross website is going quite slow, no doubt due to the increased number of visits.

[Karl_Lembke]

Someone on another thread advised against just walking in -- the center you pick may be overloaded. Call to find a location where you can be accommodated.

To find out whether you can donate blood, or to find the nearest donor center, call

1-800-GIVE-LIFE

(1-800-448-3543)

Or click on Give Blood.

I have a standing appointment to give platelets every four weeks, and my next scheduled donation is Saturday. If I can spend 100 minutes hooked up to a machine, any of you can spend 15 minutes on a table.

.........Karl

[Coleus]

I'm going now, my BP is up, I wonder why, hopefully not high enough to be turned down.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

We are hearing reports via Fox News and so forth that NYC emergency personnel are urging people across the country to give blood over the next 24 - 48 hours. When flights resume (assuming emergency flights will get priority), blood can be flown in to help the overwhelmed trauma centers. Please consider giving blood if you are able to do so.

CONTACT FOR LIFE SOURCE IN THE CHICAGO AREA:
List of LifeSource Donor Centers
Phone: 1 - (800) - 486-0680

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

On my way to give. God bless them all.

[lodwick]

Donation bump - I'm off to get stuck & drained, JL

[FFIGHTER]

They are setting up emergency blood centers in most major cities across the country.

[GhostOfAtwater]

Keep this this message bumped

IMPORTANT!!

[George W. Bush]

Massive numbers of burn injuries are reported, hospitals overcrowded. I seem to recall that blood is pretty important to burn victims. Local reserves probably won't be enough. They'll be draining area bloodbanks and drawing blood and blood products from around the country. I also expect that they'll evacuate many of the burn victims to other hospitals in New York and New Jersey to relieve the crowding in the nearby hospitals.

This is probably a time to give blood to help your fellow-citizens. Even if they do vote Democrat consistently.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Please post local blood collection agency contact information here, esp. if you are near a major metropolitan area. People are urged to call first, if possible. It'll be highly unlikely walk-ins, though, will be turned away as this crisis unfolds.

[blizz99]

I have already been in contact with our local chapter of United Way and they are setting up for Thursday. You can bet I will be the first in line.