Take Time To Donate Life in Buffalo

Take Time To Donate Life in Buffalo

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May 14th, 4:40pm By Serina Richards

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Did you know that each day 132 people are added to the national donor waiting list? Each day only 79 organ transplants take place... this means each day there are 53 people who are in dire need of help.

Blood is perhaps the most needed resource in the organ transplant process. It is used during operations and is needed to sustain life for those who are waiting for organ transplants. In coming days and months, Upstate New york Transplant Services (UNYTS) is hosting blood drives all over the Western New York Community. Blood donating is your chance to give the Gift of Life now... in taking just forty-five minutes of your time to donate one unit of blood, you have the opportunity to save up to three lives given the different life-saving elements of your donation.

To find out more about community blood donation through Upstate New York Transplant Services, call our Community Blood Service hotline at 716.853.6667 ext. 7940 or visit the Community Blood Service homepage. Or direct call Amity Lippes, Corporate Relations Manager, 716.512.7956.

You may donate blood on upcoming Fridays:

Friday, May 16th from 9:30 – 1:30 at the Tri-Main Center and

Friday, May, 30 from 12pm – 6pm at the North Buffalo Community Center

or...

*Saturday, May 17th (10am - 2pm) A Community Blood Drive sponsored by Councilman Brian Davis - Upstate New York Transplant Services 110 Broadway Buffalo, NY 14203

*Wednesday, May 21st (11am - 3pm) Kaleida Health - Office of Community Health 165 Genesee Street Buffalo, NY 14203

*Thursday, May 22nd (8am - 2pm) Erie County Working in Wellness - The Rath Bulding 95 Franklin Street Buffalo, NY 14202

*Tuesday & Wednesday, May 27th & 28th (7am - 3pm) Kaleida Health - Buffalo General Hospital 100 High Street Buffalo, NY 14203

*Wednesday, May 28th (10am - 3pm) Kaleida Health - Office of Community Health 165 Genesee Street Buffalo, NY 14203

Click here to make your appointment for any of the drives listed above...

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