By Logan Wells, News Director | Logan@kymnradio.net
The Red Cross is hosting a blood drive at Laura Baker Services Association today from 9am to 3pm, and there are still several sign-up spots available. Charlene Hamblin is one of the local volunteers with the Red Cross who coordinates several blood drives a year; She said that Northfield is an incredibly generous community, but that they always appreciate new donors:
“We always welcome first-time donors.0 Come check it out, and once you get started, you kind of just find yourself coming back every 56 days.” – Charlene Hamblin, a local volunteer with the Red Cross on the KYMN Morning Show
A regular blood donation takes about 1 hour to complete; any blood donation in June, the donor will recieve a $15 gift card as well as a chance to win a $7,000 prize.
The Red Cross needs 13,000 blood donations daily and is the largest provider of blood products and services to 26-hundred hospitals across the country.
There are still several spots available today to donate blood at Laura Baker. There are also several blood drives in the Northfield area coming up:
- Tuesday, June 17th 11am to 5pm at the Northfield VFW
- Friday, June 20th 10am – 4pm at All Saints Church, Northfield
- Friday, June 20th, 10am – 4pm at First English Lutheran Church, Faribault
- Monday, June 23rd, 12pm – 6pm at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Northfield
- Tuesday, June 24th, 9am – 3pm at South Central College, Faribault
- Wednesday, June 25th, 1pm – 7pm at City Light Church, Northfield
You can sign up for blood drives by going to redcrossblood.org or by calling 1-800-RED CROSS.
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