The holidays. The weather. Busy schedules. All the things that can get in the way of giving blood. January is blood donor month and the Yakima office of the American Red Cross is need of blood. Spokesperson Jayann Merkle says "we're just reminding people of the need. It's a need that never goes away."
Merkle says all you have to do is call 1-800 Red Cross and you'll be able to make an appt. you can save yourself time by filling out whats called the rapid pass found at redcrossblood.org/rapid pass.  You read, fill out and print the information that you take with you to your appt. that will save you about 15 minutes when you arrive to give blood.

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