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    October 22, 2018
    Media Contact:  Larry Silber
    Corporate and Community Relations Officer
    651-332-7225
    lsilber@mbc.org
     
     
     
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
     
    A 70-Year Tradition of Saving Lives

    October 17, 2018 (Duluth, MN) – When you give blood with local Memorial Blood Centers, you’re continuing a long-standing tradition of helping save lives in your community. Founded on Veterans Day in 1948 by the community, for the community, Memorial Blood Centers ensures a safe and stable supply of blood for patients in area hospitals.
     
    As our community grows, so does our need for blood.  In order to support the patient needs at more than 30 hospitals and over a dozen air ambulances across Minnesota and western Wisconsin, we need generous, volunteer donors to step up and give.
     
    Donating blood is convenient and safe when you are healthy, well and:
     
    • In good health
    • Free of antibiotics for 24 hours, unless taken daily for skin condition
    • Symptom-free for at least 3 days following a cold or a flu
    • 17 years or older—16 with written parental consent (form available at MBC.ORG)

    While walk-in donors are always welcome, we encourage appointments be made in advance.  To register for a blood drive, schedule online or contact the sponsoring organization directly.

    Date Sponsor Location City Time
    11/01/18 UMD Kirby Student Center 1120 Kirby Dr Duluth 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
    11/01/18 CSS Health Science Center 940 Woodland Ave Duluth 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
    11/01/18 Hayward Area Memorial Hospital 11040 N St Rd 77 Hayward 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
    11/02/18 Nashwauk-Keewatin High School 400 2nd St Nashwauk 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
    11/03/18 Lowe's 12025 Hwy 169 W Hibbing 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
    11/05/18 Hibbing High School 800 E 21st St Hibbing 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
    11/05/18 City of Superior 1316 N 14th St Superior 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
    11/05/18 Grand Itasca Volunteer Services 1601 Golf Course Rd Grand Rapids 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
    11/06/18 United Piping 4510 Airport Rd Duluth 8:00 am - 2:00 pm
    11/06/18 Greenway High School 308 Roosevelt St Coleraine 8:00 am - 11:00 am
    11/06/18 Marshall School 1215 Rice Lake Rd Duluth 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
    11/06/18 Essentia Clinic 115 10th Ave NE Deer River 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm
    11/07/18 ElderCircle Community Drive 400 River Rd Grand Rapids 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
    11/07/18 MSOP 1111 Hwy 73 Moose Lake 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
    11/07/18 University of Wisconsin-Superior Belknap & Catlin Superior 9:00 am - 12:30 pm
    11/07/18 Elim Lutheran Church 6101 Cody St Duluth 3:00 pm - 5:30 pm
    11/08/18 St. Luke's Chequamegon Clinic 2201 Lake Shore Dr E Ashland 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
    11/08/18 Drummond High School 40 Eastern Ave Drummond 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
    11/08/18 AAR 4600 Stebner Rd Duluth 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
    11/09/18 Hermantown High School 4335 Hawk Circle Dr Hermantown 7:30 am - 1:30 pm
    11/09/18 BMO Harris Bank 100 Main St E Ashland 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
    11/12/18 Duluth Public Schools & Area Learning Center 215 N 1st Ave E Duluth 7:30 am - 2:30 pm
    11/12/18 Essentia Health Business Services Center 4614 Mike Colalillo Dr Duluth 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm
    11/13/18 Cherry School Student Council 3943 Tamminen Rd Iron 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
    11/13/18 UMD Housing & Residence Life Lake Superior Hall 149 –
    513 Niagra Court    		 Duluth 12:00 pm - 7:00 pm
    11/14/18 Duluth Garfield Avenue 520 Garfield Ave Duluth 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
    11/14/18 Northshore Mining 10 Outer Dr Silver Bay 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
    11/14/18 Pine Technical & Community College 900 4th St SE Pine City 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
    11/15/18 Paulucci Building 525 S Lake Ave Duluth 8:00 am - 11:00 am
    11/15/18 Pine City High School 1400 Main St S Pine City 8:00 am - 2:00 pm
    11/15/18 Environmental Protection Agency 6201 Congdon Blvd Duluth 8:30 am - 11:30 am
     
    11/16/18 Mille Lacs Grand Casino & Corporate Ventures 777 Grand Ave Onamia 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
    11/16/18 Mesabi East High School 601 N 1st St W Aurora 10:00 am - 1:30 pm
    11/19/18 Solon Springs High School 8993 E Baldwin Solon Springs 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
    11/21/18 Denfeld High School 401 N 44th Ave W Duluth 7:30 am - 1:30 pm
    11/21/18 Duluth East High School 301 N 40th Ave E Duluth 7:30 am - 2:30 pm
    11/23/18 White Community Hospital Foundation Aurora Community Center –
    15 W 1st St N    		 Aurora 10:00 am - 5:30 pm
    11/23/18 Holy Angels Catholic Church 60 Hartman Dr Moose Lake 10:30 am - 5:30 pm
    11/26/18 Fond du Lac Tribal & Community College 2101 14th St Cloquet 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
    11/26/18 Tofte, Lutsen and Schroeder Community Zion Lutheran Church – Hwy 61 Tofte 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
    11/27/18 Two Harbors High School 1640 Hwy 2 Two Harbors 9:00 am - 4:30 pm
    11/27/18 Cook County High School 101 W 5th St Grand Marais 9:30 am - 12:00 pm
    11/27/18 Evangelical Free Church 120 E 5th St Grand Marais 2:30 pm - 6:00 pm
    11/28/18 Essentia Health East 407 E 3rd St Duluth 7:30 am - 3:30 pm
    11/28/18 Grand Portage Border Blood Drive 9301 Ryden Rd Grand Portage 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
    11/29/18 Wells Fargo Building & Holiday Center 230 W Superior St Duluth 8:00 am - 11:00 am
    11/29/18 Deer River High School 101 1st Ave NE Deer River 9:30 am - 3:30 pm
    11/29/18 KBJR 6 246 S Lake Ave Duluth 1:00 pm - 7:30 pm
    11/30/18 Technology Village & Wieland Block 11 E Superior St Duluth 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
    11/30/18 Willow River High School 8142 Pine St Willow River 9:00 am - 4:30 pm
     
     
     
    Patients in our local hospitals depend on Memorial Blood Centers to be there with the right blood type they need to survive.  All types are needed—especially O negative (O-) and O positive (O+).  It’s also important to keep your appointment—or to call and reschedule.  Your appointments help us plan a stable supply of blood for local hospitals.

    About Memorial Blood Centers
    Memorial Blood Centers has been saving lives for 70 years as an independent nonprofit supplying life-saving blood to area hospitals and other partners throughout the U.S. Operating 10 donor centers and conducting hundreds of blood drives each month, Memorial Blood Centers also provides comprehensive testing and expert technical services as a national leader in transfusion medicine.  For more information, call 1-888-GIVE-BLD (1-888-448-3253) or visit MBC.ORG. Connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

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