Formerly Known as The Bloodsuckers Buffet
By Christy Peters, External Communications Manager, Biomedical Services
Heroes come in all types! Join the American Red Cross, 98.5 WNCX and St. Vincent Charity Medical Center for the Hometown Hero Blood Drive next Tuesday, April 17, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Aloft Cleveland Downtown on the East Bank of the Flats. Formerly Bloodsuckers Buffet, the Hometown Hero Blood Drive is an annual event that helps ensure patients in over 50 local hospitals receive the blood products they need.
Come to donate and enjoy a 98.5 WNCX live broadcast all day with Bill Louis and Michael Stanley, free goody bag with gifts from sponsors, complimentary parking and food. During National Volunteer Month in April, the Red Cross celebrates the contributions of its volunteers and asks people to become blood donors. Every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood and the Red Cross must collect more than 13,000 units of blood each day. Volunteer donors are the only source of blood and platelets for those in need of transfusions. There is no artificial substitute for blood.
From the 2017 Hometown Hero Blood Drive
Photo Credit: Jim McIntyre/American Red Cross
Blood donors are part of an elite group that helps save lives. Only about 3 percent of the total U.S. population donates blood each year. Accident and burn victims, heart surgery and organ transplant patients, and those receiving treatment for leukemia, cancer or sickle cell disease may all need blood.
Use the Blood Donor App, visit RedCrossBlood.org and enter code “WNCX” or call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) to schedule your appointment for the Hometown Hero Blood Drive today!
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