HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) – The American Red Cross has an urgent need for blood and platelet donations to prevent a shortage this winter.
Due to holiday schedules and breaks there were 1,700 fewer blood drives held across the country. Todd Kulman, External Communications Manager for the Red Cross great Lakes Blood Services Region says that every two seconds a patient in the U.S. needs blood.
January is also National Blood Donor Month because it is one of the most difficult times of the year to collect enough blood and platelet donations to meet patient needs.
A blood donor card or driver’s license or two other forms of identification are required at check-in and individuals who are 17 years of age or 16 with parental consent may donate blood.
Below is a list for area blood drives for this week.
Ottawa
Grand Haven
1/11/2016: 1 p.m. – 6:45 p.m., Hope Reformed Church, 14932 Mercury Drive
Holland
1/11/2016: 12 p.m. – 5:45 p.m., Third Reformed Church, 111 W. 13th Street
1/12/2016: 10 a.m. – 3:45 p.m., USF Holland, 700 Waverly Ave
1/14/2016: 12 p.m. – 5:45 p.m., First Baptist Church Of Spring Lake, 118 E. Exchange Street
1/15/2016: 12 p.m. – 5:45 p.m., Central Park Reformed Church, 614 Myrtle Ave
Hudsonville
1/15/2016: 11:30 a.m. – 5:15 p.m., Hillcrest Christian Reformed Church, 3617 Hillcrest Road
Allegan
Fennville
1/12/2016: 12 p.m. – 5:45 p.m., Fennville Community Athletic Center, 5 Memorial Drive
1/13/2016: 11 a.m. – 4:45 p.m., American Legion, 632 Eastern Ave
1/14/2016: 12:30 p.m. – 5:15 p.m., Griswold Auditorium, 401 Hubbard Street
Wayland
1/13/2016: 12 p.m. – 5:45 p.m., United Church of Wayland, 411 Superior Street
Also go to redcrossblood.org to contact them about future blood drives or call 1-800-RED CROSS.
– Mary Ellen Murphy
