DONATE BLOOD OR PLATELETS WITH THE RED CROSS AFTER THE NEW YEAR
GEORGIA’S BIGGEST BLOOD DRIVE RUNS JANUARY 2, 3 AND 4
(Thursday, Dec. 29, 2005) ATLANTA – While the Red Cross Blood Services is encouraging you to celebrate New Year’s Eve in style, they’d like for you to remember to get at least a little sleep during the holidays. You’ll need to be well rested to come in and donate at Georgia’s Biggest Blood Drive, which is being held in conjunction the WSB-TV Family 2 Family Project, on January 2, 3 and 4. The holidays are especially difficult for the Red Cross because schools, which account for 15 percent of donations, are out and people are on vacation. The blood drive will be at several area malls and all metro Atlanta donor centers. All participants will receive a coupon from Chick-fil-A for a free chicken sandwich (while supplies last).
Donor Centers
Alpharetta Donor Center, 3000 Old Alabama Road, Suite 110
Monday, Jan. 2 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 3 from 1 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 4 from 1 to 8 p.m.
Camp Creek Donor Center, 3645 Marketplace Boulevard, Suite 180
Tuesday, Jan. 3 from 1 to 8 p.m.
Cobb Donor Center, 2145 Roswell Road, Suite 250
Monday, Jan. 2 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 3 from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.,
Wednesday, Jan. 4, from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Duluth Donor Center, 3090 Premiere Parkway, Suite 500
Monday, Jan. 2, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 3, from 11a.m. to 8 p.m.,
Wednesday, Jan. 4, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Dunwoody Donor Center, 1155 Hammond Drive, Building A
Monday, Jan. 2 from 8 a.m. to 3 pm., Tuesday, Jan. 3 from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.,
Wednesday, Jan. 4, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Midtown Donor Center, 1925 Monroe Drive
Monday, Jan. 2 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 3 from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.,
Wednesday, Jan. 4, from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
South Metro Donor Center, 675 Southcrest Parkway, Suite 120
Wednesday, Jan. 4, from 1 to 8 p.m.
Mall Locations *noon to 5 p.m.
All mall participants can enter to win one of six $250 mall gift certificates.
Northlake Mall (lower level near Sears)
Town Center at Cobb (lower level, across from Ruby Tuesday’s)
Gwinnett Place Mall (lower level near Parisian)
*Mall of Georgia (Jan 2, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. /
Jan. 3 and 4, from noon to 5 p.m. [lower level in front of Nordstrom])
Cumberland Mall (lower level, outside of Sears)
*Mall at Stonecrest (January 2 and 3 only / upper level near Dillard’s)
Most healthy people age 17 or older, who weigh at least 110 pounds, can donate blood every 56 days or platelets every two weeks, up to 24 times each year. The American Red Cross Blood Services, Southern Region needs at least 1,200 people to donate blood each weekday. While approximately 60 percent of the population is eligible to donate, only approximately 3.5 percent actually give blood.
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