Blood drives promote ‘Let”s Go with Joe’ campaign

FORT LORAMIE – Community Blood Center has a critical need for type O and type B-negative blood and several local blood drives are being planned.

Enter the August “Let’s Go with Joe” campaign to win Bengals season tickets by donating at the St. Michael’s Hall community blood drive Tuesday, Aug. 15, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at 33 Elm St., Fort Loramie.

The “Let’s Go with Joe” campaign continues at the Alvetro Orthodontics community blood drive Friday, Aug. 18, from 9 a.m. to noon at 1102 Fairington Drive, Sidney.

Make an appointment online at www.DonorTime.com, call (937) 461-3220, or use the Donor Time app.

August donors have a chance to follow quarterback Joe Burrow and the Bengals all the way to the Super Bowl. Everyone who registers to donatethrough Sept. 3 at any CBC blood drive, or the Dayton CBC Donation Center is automatically entered in the drawing to win a pair of Bengals season tickets. All registered donors also receive the “Sunshine & Saving Lives” T-shirt.

St. Michal’s hosts six community blood drives per year, all sponsored by the Fort Loramie American Legion Ladies Auxiliary, the Fort Loramie Community Service Club, St. Michael’s Church, and the St. Michael’s Knights of St. John.

You can save time while helping save lives by using “DonorXPress” to complete the donor questionnaire before arriving at a blood drive. Find DonorXPress on the Donor Time App or at www.givingblood.org/donorxpress.