Media Contact: Liz Star
Communications Specialist
651-332-7215
estar@mbc.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Casting Call for Donors
August 15, 2018 (Duluth, MN) – To help support the need for blood around the Labor Day holiday, Memorial Blood Centers is offering all presenting donors from September 1-8 the opportunity to win Hamilton tickets! Simply present to donate at any blood drive or donor center to be entered into the drawing. Visit MBC.ORG/THEATER.
The need for blood is constant. The supply is not. Summer months can be a challenging time to collect enough blood to meet the needs of hospitals. Give blood with Memorial Blood Centers, the local blood bank, and help your neighbors in need.
Donating blood is convenient and safe when you are:
- In good health
- Free of antibiotics for 24 hours, unless taken daily for a 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, go online to MBC.ORG or contact the sponsoring organization directly. Visit MBC.ORG and search blood drives to find the most up-to-date blood drive list in your community.
| Date |
Sponsor |
Location |
City |
Time |
| 09/01/18 |
Lowe's |
12025 Hwy 169 W |
Hibbing |
9:00 am - 12:00 pm |
| 09/04/18 |
Eagles Club |
1776 S Pokegama Ave |
Grand Rapids |
9:30 am - 5:00 pm |
| 09/04/18 |
Carlton County Public Health and Human Services |
14 N 11th St |
Cloquet |
10:00 am - 1:00 pm |
| 09/04/18 |
Duluth City Employees |
313 City Hall |
Duluth |
11:00 am - 3:00 pm |
| 09/05/18 |
St. Luke's Hospital |
915 E First St |
Duluth |
7:30 am - 3:00 pm |
| 09/05/18 |
Boswell Energy Center |
1210 NW 3rd St |
Cohasset |
9:00 am - 12:00 pm |
| 09/05/18 |
AAR |
4600 Stebner Rd |
Duluth |
11:00 am - 5:00 pm |
| 09/06/18 |
Members Cooperative Credit Union |
101 14th St |
Cloquet |
9:00 am - 3:00 pm |
| 09/06/18 |
UMD Kirby Student Center |
1120 Kirby Dr |
Duluth |
9:00 am - 4:00 pm |
| 09/06/18 |
Ashland FFA Chapter |
1900 Beaser Ave |
Ashland |
9:30 am - 3:30 pm |
| 09/07/18 |
BMO Harris Bank |
100 Main St E |
Ashland |
9:00 am - 3:00 pm |
| 09/07/18 |
Proctor Moose Lodge |
415 3rd Ave |
Proctor |
11:30 am - 6:00 pm |
| 09/08/18 |
Northern Cruisers Car Show |
10 NW 5th St |
Grand Rapids |
9:00 am - 12:00 pm |
| 09/09/18 |
Superior Douglas County Family YMCA |
9 N 21st St |
Superior |
9:00 am - 12:00 pm |
| 09/10/18 |
St. Joseph's Catholic Church |
315 SW 21st St |
Grand Rapids |
10:00 am - 5:00 pm |
| 09/11/18 |
USG Interiors |
35 Arch St |
Cloquet |
9:00 am - 5:00 pm |
| 09/11/18 |
Memorial Medical Center |
1615 Maple Ln |
Ashland |
10:00 am - 2:00 pm |
| 09/11/18 |
Duluth International Airport |
4701 Grinden Dr |
Duluth |
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm |
| 09/12/18 |
425 West Superior Street |
425 W Superior St |
Duluth |
8:00 am - 3:00 pm |
| 09/12/18 |
UMD Housing & Residence Life |
Lake Superior Hall 149 –
513 Niagra Court |
Duluth |
1:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
| 09/13/18 |
St. Louis County |
Northland Office Center –
307 S 1st St |
Virginia |
9:00 am - 1:00 pm |
| 09/13/18 |
Halvor Lines |
217 Grand Ave |
Superior |
10:00 am - 1:00 pm |
| 09/13/18 |
UMD Housing & Residence Life |
Lake Superior Hall 149 –
513 Niagra Court |
Duluth |
1:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
| 09/14/18 |
Mesabi East High School |
601 N 1st St W |
Aurora |
10:00 am - 1:30 pm |
| 09/14/18 |
Edgewood |
4195 Westberg Rd |
Hermantown |
12:00 pm - 3:00 pm |
Life-Savers Go Back to School
August 15, 2018 (Duluth, MN) – As students go back to school, they go back to saving lives. More than 18% of blood donated with Memorial Blood Centers is given at high school blood drives.
Whether you’re a student of saving lives or not, you can help patients in local hospitals! Give blood at any donor center or one of these upcoming blood drives—or, host your own! You can hold a blood drive at your home, office, place of worship, or community center. Memorial Blood Centers staff will help you plan everything from the first email to the last cookie. Visit MBC.ORG/Host-A-Drive for more information.
Donating blood is convenient and safe when you are:
- In good health
- Free of antibiotics for 24 hours, unless taken daily for a 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, go online to MBC.ORG or contact the sponsoring organization directly. Visit MBC.ORG and search blood drives to find the most up-to-date blood drive list in your community.
| Date |
Sponsor |
Location |
City |
Time |
| 09/17/18 |
Husky Energy |
4210 Hill Ave |
Superior |
11:30 am - 5:30 pm |
| 09/17/18 |
Solon Springs High School |
8993 E Baldwin |
Solon Springs |
12:00 pm - 4:00 pm |
| 09/18/18 |
The College of St. Scholastica |
1200 Kenwood Ave |
Duluth |
8:00 am - 4:00 pm |
| 09/18/18 |
Calvary Lutheran Church |
2508 Washington Ave SE |
Bemidji |
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
| 09/19/18 |
loll Designs |
5912 Waseca St |
Duluth |
9:00 am - 1:00 pm |
| 09/19/18 |
Bemidji State University |
1500 Birchmont Dr NE |
Bemidji |
10:00 am - 3:00 pm |
| 09/19/18 |
Silver Bay High School |
137 Banks Blvd |
Silver Bay |
11:00 am - 5:00 pm |
| 09/20/18 |
Environmental Protection Agency |
6201 Congdon Blvd |
Duluth |
8:00 am - 11:00 am |
| 09/20/18 |
Paulucci Building |
525 S Lake Ave |
Duluth |
8:00 am - 11:00 am |
| 09/20/18 |
Cook County Employees |
411 W 2nd St |
Grand Marais |
9:30 am - 5:00 pm |
| 09/20/18 |
Jamar Company |
4701 Mike Colalillo Dr |
Duluth |
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm |
| 09/21/18 |
Chisholm High School |
301 SW 4th St |
Chisholm |
10:00 am - 1:00 pm |
| 09/21/18 |
Members Cooperative Credit Union |
301 Elm Ave |
Moose Lake |
10:30 am - 5:30 pm |
| 09/24/18 |
Wrenshall High School |
207 Pioneer Dr |
Wrenshall |
10:00 am - 2:00 pm |
| 09/25/18 |
Lake Superior College |
2101 Trinity Rd |
Duluth |
9:00 am - 3:00 pm |
| 09/25/18 |
Northome School |
Box 465, Hwy 1 |
Northome |
10:00 am - 1:00 pm |
| 09/26/18 |
East Central High School |
61085 State Hwy 23 |
Finlayson |
9:00 am - 1:00 pm |
| 09/26/18 |
Two Harbors High School |
1640 Hwy 2 |
Two Harbors |
9:00 am - 4:30 pm |
| 09/26/18 |
23 Hardware and Lumber |
6380 Co Rd 33 |
Askov |
3:30 pm - 6:30 pm |
| 09/27/18 |
Technology Village & Wieland Block |
11 E Superior St |
Duluth |
8:30 am - 11:30 am |
| 09/27/18 |
Pine County Courthouse |
635 Northridge Dr |
Pine City |
9:30 am - 12:30 pm |
| 09/27/18 |
Community Memorial Hospital |
512 Skyline Blvd |
Cloquet |
2:00 pm - 5:30 pm |
| 09/28/18 |
Willow River High School |
8142 Pine St |
Willow River |
9:00 am - 4:30 pm |
| 09/28/18 |
White Community Hospital Foundation |
Aurora Community Center –
15 W 1st St N |
Aurora |
10:00 am - 5:30 pm |
| 09/29/18 |
New Life Covenant Church |
6902 Industrial Rd |
Saginaw |
11:00 am - 2:00 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 MBC 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.
