Urgent Call for Blood Donations: Type O Needed in Yakima

It's time to give the gift of life and receive a cheese sandwich.
The American Red Cross office in Yakima is hoping you'll give blood this month. This month Red Cross officials say they need your blood for the patients in area hospitals.

ALL BLOOD TYPES ARE NEEDED BUT ESPECIALLY TYPE O

Donors of all blood types are asked to give now to keep blood supply levels rising after a summer shortage. Type O blood donors are especially needed.
A special day is coming up on Wednesday, September 11. That's cheese sandwich day when you recieve a hot cheese sandwich for giving blood. The office is located at 302 South 2nd Street. Officials say a steady increase in lifesaving blood products is vital to ensuring hospitals stay ready for any situation this fall.

SEPTEMBER IS NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH

As National Preparedness Month continues, the Red Cross highlights the importance of having a strong supply of blood products already on hand for disasters and emergencies of all kinds and to meet the needs of patients every day.

MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TODAY

Now is the time to book an appointment and help patients counting on lifesaving transfusions. To schedule a time to give blood visit RedCrossBlood.org, call 1-800-RED CROSS or use the Red Cross Blood Donor App. In thanks, those who come to give Sept. 1-15, 2024, will receive an exclusive Red Cross raglan T-shirt, while supplies last.
All who come to give Sept. 16-30, 2024, will get a $15 e-gift card to a merchant of choice.

PICK AND TIME AND DAY THAT'S BEST FOR YOU

Yakima Blood Donation Center, 302 S 2nd Street;

9/11/2024: 8 a.m. - 2 p.m., Davis High School, 212 S 6th Avenue

9/11/2024: 12:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., Cheese Sandwich Day, 302 S 2nd Street

9/12/2024: 9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., YMCA & Yakima Rotary Aquatic Center, 3800 River Road

9/18/2024: 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., Knights of Columbus #6097, 5502 W. Chestnut

9/19/2024: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Yakima Wards Gymnasium, 1414 S. 72nd Avenue

9/24/2024: 1 p.m. - 6 p.m., West Valley Nazarene Church, 7109 West Nob Hill Blvd

9/26/2024: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., Eisenhower High School, 611 S 44th Ave