ERIE, PA – The local blood supply dropped suddenly overnight causing a blood shortage. In an unusual scenario, more blood was used by local hospitals Tuesday than was transfused all of last weekend. The blood supply had not gotten back to 100% after the holidays so it had lower to fall to hit shortage levels. Extra donors are now needed to meet local needs and to end this shortage. The Community Blood Bank is asking people to take the time out to help save a life and to end this shortage before it becomes more serious.
Giving Blood is an Out of this World experience: 1 donor each day can win a pair of tickets to the Erie Philharmonic’s ‘Jupiter’ and 1 donor this week will win 4 Erie Phil tickets + dinner for 4 to Calamari’s Squid Row.
“Goes to show you never know when a bunch of blood will be needed,” Says Dan Desrochers Director of Marketing at the Community Blood Bank. “Local patients are using a lot of blood and we need to make sure we have it for them. We hope some extra people will help out.”
The Community Blood Bank is located at 26th and Peach and is open Monday -Friday 8am to 6pm and Saturday from 9am to 12:30pm. No appointment is needed to save a life.
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