The American Red Cross is asking those who feel healthy to make it a summer full of life by donating blood. Your donation will ensure that blood is available for patients who rely on lifesaving transfusions.

With vacations, outdoor activities and school breaks, summer is a challenging time to collect enough blood donations to meet the needs of patients. The need for blood is constant and only volunteer donors can fulfill that need for patients in our community. Nationwide, someone needs a unit of blood every 2 to 3 seconds and most of us will need blood in our lifetime.

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