SIDNEY — Get ready for St. Patrick’s Day at an area business or community blood drive. The Community Blood Center has released a schedule of local blood drives.
Area blood drives include:
• March 2: Peerless Food Equipment, Sidney 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.
• March 9: Fairlawn High School, Sidney 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• March 10: Wren’s Florist and Greenhouse, Bellefontaine, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.
• March 14: Jackson Center High School, Jackson Center, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• March 15: Lehman Catholic High School, Sidney, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• March 15: Alvetro Orthodontics, Sidney, 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
• March 16: Fort Loramie High School, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• March 20: American Legion Post 217, Sidney, 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• March 21: Indian Lake High School, Lewistown, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• March 21: Emerson, Sidney, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• March 22: Emerson, Sidney, 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
• March 22: Cargill, Sidney, 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
• March 23: Graham High School, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.
• March 23: Discovery Center, Bellefontaine, 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
• March 27: Honda of America, Anna, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• March 28: Honda of America, Anna, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Everyone who registers to donate will receive the Community Blood Center “Blood Donors are Lucky Charms” t-shirt. To schedule an appointment, visit www.DonorTime.com or call 1-800-388-GIVE.
The St. Patrick’s Day “Blood Donors are Lucky Charms” t-shirt is black and features a green Celtic four leaf clover with the CBC blood drop logo. The t-shirt is free to everyone who registers to donate now through St. Patrick’s Day, on March 17, at a CBC Donor Center or most CBC mobile blood drives.
SUPPORT THE WINTER BLOOD SUPPLY
With cold weather and flu season expected to continue into March, CBC is being especially cautious about maintaining the regional blood supply. CBC urges those who must miss an appointment to donate to reschedule as soon as possible.
CBC is also focusing in 2018 on recruiting more platelet and plasma donors. The automated process of giving platelets and plasma is called “apheresis” and the number of these special donors is dwindling. CBC’s most dedicated donors are aging, with about 53 percent of the donor base now over the age of 50.
CBC is calling on young people to become the “next generation of donors” and asking new and current donors to help CBC meet the challenges of the future by becoming apheresis donors.
The Community Blood Center is honored to recognize these “Donors for Life:”
• 180 donations: Bernard Seger, Sidney
• 120 donations: Ed Grogean, Russia
• 100 donations: Gerald Guillozet, Russia
• 80 donations Elaine Nishwitz, Piqua; Sue Bertke, Fort Loramie; Frank Nuss, Sidney; Dana Butcher, Wapakoneta
• 75 donations: Jeff Bertke, Anna
• 60 donations: Chuck Barhorst, Fort Loramie
• 40 donations Helen Barhorst, Ron Meyer, Fort Loramie
• 30 donations: Dana Magoto, Russia; Paula Bey, Fort Loramie
• 25 donations: John Seger, Fort Loramie; Mark Kemper, Minster
• 20 donations: John D Siegel, Jarid Barhorst, Scott Stager Fort Loramie; Jeff Monnin, Russia; Chantelle Clark, Conover
• 10 donations: Allison Watkins, Amy Jeffries, Sidney; Pete Wysocki, Russia; Robert Zumberger, Fort Loramie
• 5 donations: Angie Schafer, Erin Poeppelman, Craig Magoto, John R Knost, Emily Barhorst, Fort Loramie Rusty Nishwitz, Houston; Mark Siefring, Russia; Lisa Hughes, Scott Boettiger, Cathy Boettiger, Sidney; Catrina Martin, Houston
Donors are required to provide a photo ID that includes their full name. Past CBC donors are also asked to bring their CBC donor ID card. Donors must be at least 17 years of age (16 years old with parental consent: form available at www.givingblood.org or at CBC branch & blood drive locations), weigh a minimum of 110 pounds (you may have to weigh more, depending on your height), and be in good physical health.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) changes blood donor eligibility guidelines periodically. Individuals with eligibility questions are invited to email [email protected] or call 1(800)388-GIVE. To make an appointment, visit www.DonorTime.com.
