The next blood drive in the AB City Hall parking lot will be Friday, March 31, from noon to 5 p.m. All donors will receive a $20 eGift card AND a pretty cool T-shirt, PLUS a nifty wellness checkup including blood pressure, temperature, iron count, pulse and cholesterol screening!
Click on this link to schedule your appointment. Walk-ins are welcome, but appointments help your experience go so, so much smoother.)
About the health benefits of blood donation to us donors … Did you know that men who donate blood reduce their risk of heart disease and heart attacks by 88%. Here is some interesting reading:
- https://twc-ms.com/blood-donation-reduce-the-risk-of-heart-disease/#:~:text=Research%20studies%20have%20shown%20that,among%20both%20men%20and%20women.
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9737556/
Blood drive checklist
- Safety precautions
- Information on Iron
- Please eat a meal at least two hours prior to donating.
- Please bring photo ID; a photo of your ID on smartphone will suffice.
- Please make sure you give the bus staff your current email address. This is how donors will log into their own personal account to get their screening results.
- Do you have the OneBlood app for smartphones? The app stores the donor’s blood type, donation history, current eligibility status, where to find a donation site and more. The Wellness Center tab is where vitals information from past donations is stored, tracking Iron Count, Cholesterol, Pulse, Blood Pressure and Temperature.
- Did you know there are increasing donor incentives?! See ONEBLOOD DONOR FREQUENCY PROGRAM: INCREASED INCENTIVES
- Do you know about maximizing your generosity by donating double red cells? Here’s the scoop.
- Check out this brief video about a Oneblood Donor: Video There are more on www.oneblood.org
Original source can be found here.
