Blood drives on San Juan and Orcas
Published 7:00 am Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Submitted Bloodworks Northwest
Blood collections usually go down by about 15-20 percent during summer with schools and colleges on break and donors on vacation. Blood drives are also put at risk during the summer since extremely hot weather can disrupt mobile drives at locations without climate-control.
The need for blood is often higher in summer from patients undergoing surgeries, emergency rooms treating traumatic injuries, people receiving cancer treatment and surgeons performing organ transplants. It takes about 900 donors per day to maintain a sufficient blood supply for the 90 Northwest hospitals served by Bloodworks Northwest. Consider giving blood, to help prevent summer blood shortages.
San Juan Island Blood Drive
- 11:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 7 at the Mullis Community Senior Center
- Orcas Island Blood Drive
- 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., Thursday, June 8 at Eastsound Fire
