Did you know...A Pint of Blood Can Save Three Lives!

Blood is essential to life. No artificial substitutes can replace the functions of human blood. And, when patients need blood, they depend on your donation. In fact, all of the blood donated through the Red Cross comes from volunteers – caring people like you!

Virtually any healthy person can donate blood. We need everyone to consider giving blood. There are very few restrictions:
  • Your health must be good.
  • You must weigh at least 110 pounds.
  • You must be at least 17 years of age.
  • Call the Donor Counselor at (866)562-7156 for current travel and medication restrictions.

Giving blood is simple and safe. Trained Red Cross health care specialists will help you through the donation process. All in all, it takes about 45-60 minutes.

Moore County

Download the March 2010 Blood Drive Schedule (as a PDF Document)

View Mobile Blood Drives Schedule for Moore County

Richmond County

Download the March 2010 Blood Drive Schedule (as a PDF Document)

View Mobile Blood Drives Schedule for Richmond County

NOTE: You will need Adobe Reader installed on your computer to download the PDF documents. If necessary, visit the Adobe Reader web site for the free download.

Remember that blood is needed all the time – not just when someone you know gets hurt or sick. Patients all over the country need blood every minute of every day. Every minute, patients use more than 36 pints of blood or blood products. That adds up to 53,000 pints of blood needed every day to save lives.
 

Blood Donor Info

View the Winter 2010 Blood Donor Newsletter here.

It provides quite a bit of information about current needs and answers frequently asked questions.

2008 Statistics

Local Emergencies:
32 Home Fires (Moore Co.) assisting 94 residents
31 Home Fires (Richmond Co.) assisting 105 residents

Blood Collected:
3404 Units (Moore Co.)
2169 Units (Richmond Co.)

Armed Forces Emergency Services Program:
159 Military Families

Red Cross Disaster Training:
122 Volunteers trained

Red Cross CPR, AED, First Aid, and Aquatics Training:
2678 Certified (Moore Co.)
860 Certified (Richmond Co.)

Babysitter Training:
95 Participants

Dog and Cat First Aid:
41 Participants

Local Presentations for Disaster Preparedness:
1579 Attended