SIDNEY — Donors can join the fight against cancer during October Breast Cancer Awareness Month by partipating in a community or employee blood drive in October. Community Blood Center encourages donors to schedule an appointment online at www.DonorTime.com or call 800-388-GIVE.
Everyone who registers to donate will receive the “I Fight Cancer – I Give Blood” T-shirt. The T-shirt is charcoal heather gray with a design that features an array of colored ribbons representing awareness for the many forms of cancer. The cancer awareness T-shirt is available at CBC Donor Centers and most CBC mobile blood drives through Saturday, Nov. 4.
The “I Fight Cancer – I Give Blood” campaign represents the unique relationship between blood donors and cancer patients. Chemotherapy and other cancer treatments have a harsh impact on blood cells. Transfusions of donated blood and blood products are vital to reducing complications and saving lives. Area sponsors will host blood drives in October to help the local blood supply.
Area blood drives include:
• Oct. 10, Houston Community Center, Houston, 2:30 to 6:30 p.m., community blood drive.
• Oct. 11, Senior Center of Sidney, Sidney, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., community blood drive.
• Oct. 11, Green Hills Community, West Liberty, 1:30 to 5:30 p.m., community blood drive.
• Oct. 13, Houston High School, Houston, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., student/staff blood drive.
• Oct. 17, St. Michaels Hall, Fort Loramie, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., community blood drive.
• Oct. 18, Plastipak, Jackson Center, 7:30 to 11:30 a.m., employee blood drive.
• Oct. 18, Champaign County Community Center, Urbana, community blood drive.
• Oct. 19, Plastipak, Jackson Center,7:30 to 11:30 a.m., employee blood drive.
• Oct. 20, Peerless, Sidney, 8 to 11 a.m., community& employee blood drive.
• Oct. 20, Sidney High School, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., student/staff blood drive.
• Oct. 28, Moose Lodge, Bellefontaine, 8 a.m. to noon, community blood drive.
The Community Blood Center is honored to recognize these “Donors for Life”
• 230 donations: Glen Phillips, Sidney
• 190 donations: Tim Fisher, Sidney
• 110 donations: Dan Heitmeyer, Sidney
• 100 donations: Gary Phillips, Sidney; RoseMary Tobias, Botkins
• 90 donations: Ned Meyer, Evelyn Schmiesing, Sidney
• 80 donations: Nicholas Sanders, Lima; Janet Pothast, Versailles
• 60 donations: Barbara Gaier, Anna; Mary Kemper, Minster; Christopher Platfoot, Sidney
• 50 donations: David Obringer, Coldwater; Tim Cole, Bill Everett, Sidney
• 40 donations: Scott Buettner, Wapakoneta; Ted Stachler, Ansonia; Joanie Henry, Sidney
• 30 donations: Jerry Foran, Anna; Malcolm Morris, Sidney; Joseph Burg, Lima; David Moeder, Coldwater
• 20 donations: Bob Jeffries,Bill Kerber, Sidney;Kurt Fielder, Quincy; David Berner, Botkins
• 10 donations: Kim Klopfleisch, Botkins; Karen Morris, Anna, Greg Rhodes, Celina; David Sprang, BelleCenter; Tina Schwabenland, Minster
• 5 donations: Noah Clark, Houston; Tylor Kane,Elizabeth Clem, James McCoy,Elizabeth Harper, Jackson Center; Joshua Globle, Elizabeth Pesthke, Heidi Bundy, Sidney; Ross Kohler, Lillian Koenig; Ben Schmitmeyer, Anna; Marcia McJunkin, St. Marys; Angela Cotrell, Lima
Blood donation requirements: 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 and 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 800-388-GIVE. Make an appointment at www.DonorTime.com.
Community Blood Center/Community Tissue Services is an independent, not-for-profit organization. Community Blood Center provides blood products to 25 hospitals and health centers within a 15-county service area in the Miami (Ohio) and Whitewater (Indiana) Valleys. For more information about Community Blood Center/Community Tissue Services, visit www.givingblood.org.
