Red Cross looking for Summer Blood Donations

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– The Red Cross is hoping you’ll roll up your sleeve for a good cause.
The Red Cross is partnering with Nexcare Bandages and supermodel Niki Taylor to urge eligible blood and platelet donors to give this June in honor of World Blood Donor Day on June 14.

According to Red Cross officials, every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs a lifesaving blood transfusion. The Red Cross must collect approximately 14,000 blood donations every day to meet the needs of patients at 2,600 hospitals and transfusion centers nationwide.

Donors of all blood types are currently needed.
For more information or to make an appointment to donate blood or platelets, download the Red Cross Blood Donor App, visit redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767).

Upcoming blood donation opportunities, June 10 to 30:
American Red Cross Columbia Blood Donation Center, 2751 Bull St.
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.; closed Sunday.