Blood drive in Dingmans Ferry this Saturday

DINGMANS FERRY — A community blood drive will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 22, at the ambulance building located at 135 Park Road in Dingmans Ferry.
The American Red Cross is holding the drive in conjunction with Delaware Township Volunteer Ambulance Corps.
Refreshments will be provided. All donors will be eligible to win a $25 gas card courtesy of Delaware Valley Emergency Services.
Walk-ins are welcome, but appointments are preferred. To schedule an appointment visit redcross.org or call 1-800-RED-CROSS.
Blood is especially needed during the summer months. Every day, an average of 39,000 blood donations are needed for hospital patients across the United States. Patients need blood for ongoing and emergency medical treatments. Donated blood is used to meet the needs of area hospitals. Accident victims as well as patients with cancer, sickle cell disease, blood disorders and other illnesses receive life-saving transfusions every day.
There is no substitute for blood and volunteer donors are the only source. Blood can be safely donated every 56 days. Platelets can be given safely every two weeks, up to 24 times a year. Most healthy people age 17 and older (16 with parental consent), who weigh at least 110 pounds (depending on height), are eligible to donate blood and platelets.