Help build our community’s blood supply before hurricane season begins by giving blood at Lowe’s Home Improvement store in Douglas on Sunday, May 15 between the hours of 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. Donors will receive a free $10 Lowe’s gift card!
All lifesaving donors will also receive a wellness check-up of blood pressure, pulse, temperature and iron count, including a cholesterol screening!
Generally healthy people age 16 or older who weigh at least 110 pounds can donate blood. Photo ID is required. To learn more about the importance of blood donation and how donors can target the power of their blood type, visit oneblood.org.
Every two seconds someone in the U.S. needs a blood transfusion. Blood that is donated will likely be transfused into a patient within two to three days. The turn-around is that fast, the need is constant.
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