Written by Anna Kryczka
The American Red Cross urges eligible donors to give blood to support cancer patients and other patients during Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October.
The Red Cross must collect about 14,000 blood donations every day to help patients, and volunteer donors are the only source of blood products for those needing transfusions. Donors of all blood types are needed.
Upcoming donation opportunities in Tompkins County:
10/18/2016: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Cornell East Hill Office Building, 395 Pine Tree Hill, Suite 302
10/20/2016: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m., Ramada, 2310 North Triphammer Road
10/25/2016: 1 p.m. - 6 p.m., Cornell Willard Straight Hall, Campus Road
10/26/2016: 2 p.m. - 7 p.m., Robert Purcell Community Center, Cornell University
10/27/2016: 1 p.m. - 6 p.m., Tompkins County Library, 101 E Green Street
10/31/2016: 11:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Anabel Taylor, Cornell University, 548 College Avenue
