Red Cross: Urgent need for donations now; Give by Dec. 19, receive a $5 Amazon.com gift card in thanks
Donors are urged to give now to ensure that families like Wyatt’s don’t have to worry about the availability of blood this winter. (Photo courtesy of pxhere.com.)
The American Red Cross has an urgent need for blood and platelet donors to give now to ensure blood is available for medical treatments and emergencies during the holiday season.
Blood and platelet donations often decline during the holidays. Regular donors are busy with holiday activities, and travel and severe winter weather may cause blood drive cancellations. Yet donations remain critical for patients like 4-year-old Wyatt Monacelli who is in the midst of intense chemotherapy treatments for leukemia. He has received a number of transfusions since his diagnosis in June and will likely need more.
“We are fortunate to have had so many donors give the gift of life to our child so far throughout the course of his treatment, and even more so, we are lucky to have had a supply of blood available for him when he needed it,” said Julianna Monacelli, Wyatt’s mother.
Donors are urged to give now to ensure that families like Wyatt’s don’t have to worry about the availability of blood this winter. In thanks for helping meet the urgent need around the holidays, all those who come to donate blood or platelets now through Dec. 19, 2018, will receive a $5 Amazon.com Gift Card via email. (Restrictions apply; see amazon.com/gc-legal. More information and details are available at RedCrossBlood.org/Together.)
Make an appointment to donate blood or platelets by downloading the free American Red Cross Blood Donor App, visiting RedCrossBlood.org or calling 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767).
Another way to help keep the blood supply strong is to host a Red Cross blood drive this winter. To learn more about hosting a blood drive and to sign up, visit RedCrossBlood.org/HostADrive.
Upcoming blood donation opportunities Nov. 26-Dec. 19 in Montgomery County:
American Red Cross Blood Donation Center
Willow Grove Donor Center
31 Easton Road
Willow Grove, PA 19090
Monday – Wednesday: 11:45 a.m.-6 p.m. (platelet pheresis)
Thursday – Sunday: 7:15 a.m.-1:15 p.m. (platelet pheresis)
Abington
12/18/2018: 2 p.m. – 7 p.m., Temple Beth Am, 971 Old York Road
Ambler
12/13/2018: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., Ambler Area YMCA, 1325 Mckean Road
Ardmore
11/29/2018: 2 p.m. – 7 p.m., St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 36 Ardmore Ave.
12/17/2018: 1 p.m. – 6 p.m., St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 415 E. Athens Ave.
Bala Cynwyd
12/19/2018: 1:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m., The Woman’s Club of Bala Cynwyd, 382 Bala Ave.
Blue Bell
11/26/2018: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., Montgomery County Community College, 340 DeKalb Pike
11/26/2018: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m., Whitpain Township Building, 960 Wentz Road
11/27/2018: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., Keystone Property Group VEVA 17, 1787 Sentry Parkway W.
Collegeville
12/12/2018: 2 p.m. – 7 p.m., Courtyard Marriott, 600 Campus Drive
Conshohocken
12/1/2018: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., Conshohocken Community Center, 515 Harry St.
12/3/2018: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., Spring Mill Corporate Center, 1100 Hector St.
12/6/2018: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., Hayden Management Company, 300 Conshohocken State Road
12/10/2018: 2 p.m. – 7 p.m., Washington Fire Company, 36 W. Elm St.
12/19/2018: 2 p.m. – 7 p.m., Plymouth Fire Company, 1323 Colwell Lane
Eagleville
11/28/2018: 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., Lower Providence Township Building, 100 Park Lane Drive
East Norriton
12/7/2018: 7 a.m. – 5 p.m., Einstein Medical Center, Modular Building, 559 W. Germantown Pike
Elkins Park
12/13/2018: 2 p.m. – 7 p.m., Keneseth Israel, 8339 Old York Road
Fort Washington
12/7/2018: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., Upper Dublin Township Building, 801 Loch Alsh Ave.
Glenside
11/27/2018: 2 p.m. – 7 p.m., North Penn VFW Post No. 676, 2519 Jenkintown Road
12/14/2018: 3 p.m. – 8 p.m., North Penn VFW Post No. 676, 2519 Jenkintown Road
12/17/2018: 2 p.m. – 7 p.m., Free Library of Springfield Township, 8900 Hawthorne Lane
Haverford
12/15/2018: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., Memorial Church of God in Christ, 747 Buck Lane
Horsham
12/16/2018: 8 a.m. – 1 p.m., Days Inn, 245 Easton Road
Jenkintown
12/3/2018: 2 p.m. – 7 p.m., Grace Presbyterian Church, 444 Old York Road
King of Prussia
12/5/2018: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., Parkview Tower, 1150 First Ave.
12/10/2018: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., Nordstrom, 190 N. Gulph Road
12/12/2018: 2 p.m. – 7 p.m., Valley Forge Towers, 4000 Valley Forge Circle
Lafayette Hill
11/26/2018: 1 p.m. – 6 p.m., William Jeanes Memorial Library, 4051 Joshua Road
12/13/2018: 2 p.m. – 7 p.m., Barren Hill Fire Company, 647 Germantown Pike
Lansdale
11/30/2018: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., Towamencin Township Building, 1090 Troxel Road
12/3/2018: 1 p.m. – 6 p.m., St. Stanislaus Parish Center, 51 Lansdale Ave.
12/9/2018: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., UFC Gym, 423 S. Broad St.
12/13/2018: 3 p.m. – 8 p.m., North Penn High School, 1340 Valley Forge
12/18/2018: 2 p.m. – 7 p.m., Calvary Baptist Church, 1380 Valley Forge Road
Limerick
12/7/2018: 1:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m., St. James Lutheran Church, 93 Kugler Road
12/17/2018: 2 p.m. – 7 p.m., Limerick Township Building, 646 W. Ridge Pike
Meadowbrook
12/17/2018: 12:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Holy Redeemer Hospital, 1648 Huntingdon Pike
12/18/2018: 7:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Holy Redeemer Hospital, 1648 Huntingdon Pike
Norristown
12/10/2018: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., MRO, 1000 Madison Ave., Suite 100
12/17/2018: 2 p.m. – 7 p.m., Valley Forge Harley Davidson, 1217 S. Trooper Road
North Wales
11/29/2018: 2 p.m. – 7 p.m., St. Rose of Lima Church, 428 S. Main St.
11/30/2018: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., North Wales Area Library, 233 S. Swartley St.
12/12/2018: 1:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m., Montgomery Township Community and Recreation Center, 1030 Horsham Road
Oreland
12/13/2018: 2 p.m. – 7 p.m., Holy Martyrs Roman Catholic Church, 120 Allison Road
Plymouth Meeting
12/17/2018: 1 p.m. – 6 p.m., Church on the Mall, 500 W. Germantown Pike
Pottstown
12/3/2018: 2 p.m. – 7 p.m., Comfort Inn, 99 Robinson St.
12/17/2018: 2 p.m. – 7 p.m., Comfort Inn, 99 Robinson St.
Royersford
12/3/2018: 2 p.m. – 7 p.m., Royersford United Methodist Church, 380 Church St.
Salford
11/26/2018: 2 p.m. – 7 p.m., Upper Salford Volunteer Fire Company, 782 Old Skippack Pike
Schwenksville
11/29/2018: 2 p.m. – 7 p.m., Perkiomen Valley Library, 290 S. Second St.
Souderton
11/28/2018: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., The Indian Creek Foundation, 420 Cowpath Road
12/4/2018: 2:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., Club EZ Fit, 76 S. County Line Road
Spring House
12/6/2018: 2 p.m. – 7 p.m., Lower Gwynedd Township Building, 1130 N. Bethlehem Pike
Telford
12/18/2018: 2 p.m. – 7 p.m., St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 107 W. Lincoln Ave.
12/19/2018: 2 p.m. – 7 p.m., Indian Valley Public Library, 100 E. Church Ave.
Willow Grove
11/30/2018: 8 a.m. – 1 p.m., Abington Jefferson Health, Willowood Building, 2510 Maryland Ave.
Worcester
11/28/2018: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., Techni-Tool, 1547 N. Trooper Road
Wynnewood
12/10/2018: 2 p.m. – 7 p.m., Main Line Reform Temple, 410 Montgomery Ave.
Volunteers needed
Another way to support the lifesaving mission of the American Red Cross is to become a volunteer transportation specialist and deliver lifesaving blood products to local area hospitals. Volunteer transportation specialists play a very important role in ensuring an ample blood supply for patients in need by transporting blood and blood products. For more information and to apply for a volunteer transportation specialist position, visit rdcrss.org/driver.
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