Memorial Blood Centers is Calling All Life-Savers - April Schedule
Media Contact: Liz Star
Communications Specialist
651-332-7215
estar@mbc.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Memorial Blood Centers is Calling All Life-Savers
March 19, 2018 (Duluth, MN) – The number one reason eligible blood donors don’t donate is because nobody asked them to.
So we’re asking everyone in our community: will you step up and help save lives?
Memorial Blood Centers invites all eligible blood donors to roll up their sleeve and give blood. Every two seconds someone needs blood – from heart transplant and cancer patients to accident victims and premature babies. The need for blood is constant, but the supply is not. Only volunteer blood donors can make a life-saving difference to someone in need.
Step up to give blood at a blood drive or donor center in your neighborhood and help save lives. 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 to 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. You can also donate at a local donor center, sponsor your own blood drive, or gather friends to donate together at a Donor Day event.
Memorial Blood Centers is the sole supplier of blood to 14 air ambulance bases across Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin. Help bring hope to your communities!
| Date |
Sponsor |
Location |
City |
Time |
| 04/02/18 |
White Community Hospital Foundation |
Aurora Community Center |
Aurora |
10:00 am - 5:30 pm |
| 04/03/18 |
St. Louis County Employee Public Works Building and MN DOT |
Richard Hansen Transportation Building |
Duluth |
7:00 am - 10:30 am |
| 04/04/18 |
Fond du Lac Tribal & Community College (FDLTCC) |
2101-14th Street |
Cloquet |
9:00 am - 1:00 pm |
| 04/04/18 |
NRRI & Curtis Oil |
5013 Miller Trunk Hwy |
Hermantown |
10:00 am - 12:30 pm |
| 04/04/18 |
Elim Lutheran Church - Duluth |
6101 Cody Street |
Duluth |
3:00 pm - 5:30 pm |
| 04/04/18 |
Wrenshall High School |
Bloodmobile parked outside bandroom door |
Wrenshall |
10:00 am - 2:00 pm |
| 04/05/18 |
Oak Hills Christian College |
1600 Oak Hills Road SW |
Bemidji |
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm |
| 04/05/18 |
UMD Kirby Student Center |
1120 Kirby Drive |
Duluth |
9:00 am - 4:00 pm |
| 04/05/18 |
Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College Superior Campus |
600 N 21st St |
Superior |
10:00 am - 1:00 pm |
| 04/06/18 |
Sanford Health of Northern Minnesota |
1300 Anne Street, NW |
Bemidji |
8:00 am - 3:00 pm |
| 04/06/18 |
St. Louis County Employee |
St. Louis County Courthouse |
Duluth |
8:00 am - 2:30 pm |
| 04/08/18 |
Minnesota Air Nat'l Guard 148th |
4630 Mustang Drive |
Duluth |
8:00 am - 3:00 pm |
| 04/09/18 |
US Bank |
130 West Superior Street |
Duluth |
8:00 am - 11:00 am |
| 04/09/18 |
University of Wisconsin-Superior |
Belknap & Catlin |
Superior |
11:00 am - 2:00 pm |
| 04/09/18 |
Pine County Courthouse |
635 Northridge Drive |
Pine City |
9:00 am - 3:00 pm |
| 04/10/18 |
Two Harbors High School |
1640 Highway 2 |
Two Harbors |
9:00 am - 4:30 pm |
| 04/10/18 |
Pine City Community |
Frandsen Bank & Trust |
Pine City |
10:30 am - 6:00 pm |
| 04/11/18 |
Hinckley Finlayson High School |
201 Main Street |
Hinckley |
8:00 am - 4:00 pm |
| 04/11/18 |
Chris Jensen, Public Safety Building, & Arrowhead Juvenile Detention Center |
2501 Rice Lake Road |
Hermantown |
10:00 am - 1:00 pm |
| 04/11/18 |
Lake Superior College |
Lake Superior College |
Duluth |
9:00 am - 3:00 pm |
| 04/12/18 |
Webster High School |
PO Box 9 |
Webster |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm |
| 04/12/18 |
UMD Housing & Residence Life |
Lake Superior Hall 149 |
Duluth |
12:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
| 04/13/18 |
Esko High School |
2 Highway 61 E |
Esko |
7:30 am - 1:30 pm |
| 04/14/18 |
Faith Baptist Church |
10 South 6th Street |
Bayfield |
8:00 am - 12:30 pm |
| 04/15/18 |
Glen Avon Presbyterian Church |
2105 Woodland Avenue |
Duluth |
8:30 am - 11:30 am |
| Date |
Sponsor |
Location |
City |
Time |
| 04/16/18 |
Gilbert VFW |
224 North Broadway |
Gilbert |
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
| 04/16/18 |
Husky Energy |
4210 Hill Ave. |
Superior |
11:30 am - 6:00 pm |
| 04/17/18 |
Lakeview Covenant Church |
1001 Jean Duluth Road |
Duluth |
3:30 pm - 6:30 pm |
| 04/17/18 |
First United Methodist Church |
230 E. Skyline Parkway |
Duluth |
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
| 04/17/18 |
The College of St. Scholastica |
1200 Kenwood Avenue |
Duluth |
9:00 am - 4:30 pm |
| 04/18/18 |
Rainy Lake Medical Center |
1400 Hwy. 71 |
International Falls |
11:00 am - 5:00 pm |
| 04/18/18 |
Harbor City International School |
332 W. Michigan St. |
Duluth |
7:30 am - 11:30 am
|
| 04/19/18 |
International Falls High School |
1515 11th Street |
International Falls |
8:00 am - 10:30 am |
| 04/19/18 |
First Lutheran Church - International Falls |
123 Wayside Lane |
International Falls |
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm |
| 04/19/18 |
Cromwell-Wright High School |
5624 Hwy. 210 |
Cromwell |
11:00 am - 5:30 pm |
| 04/19/18 |
CSS Health Science Center |
940 Woodland Ave |
Duluth |
11:00 am - 3:00 pm |
| 04/20/18 |
Koochiching County Employees |
Forestland Building |
International Falls |
9:00 am - 12:00 pm |
| 04/22/18 |
Tower Community |
1430 Bois Forte Road |
Tower |
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
| 04/23/18 |
Kiwanis Club |
Dairy Queen |
Ely |
10:00 am - 6:00 pm |
| 04/23/18 |
Eveleth-Gilbert High School |
801 Jones Street |
Eveleth |
9:00 am - 1:30 pm |
| 04/24/18 |
Northeast Range School |
30 South Dr |
Babbitt |
9:00 am - 1:00 pm |
| 04/24/18 |
St. Louis County |
Northland Office Center |
Virginia |
9:00 am - 1:30 pm |
| 04/25/18 |
Western Lake Superior Sanitary District & DTA |
2626 Courtland Street |
Duluth |
8:00 am - 11:00 am |
| 04/25/18 |
Deer River High School |
101 First Avenue N.E. |
Deer River |
9:30 am - 3:30 pm |
| 04/25/18 |
Northwestern High School |
4751 County Road F |
Maple |
9:00 am - 1:00 pm |
| 04/26/18 |
DNR |
1201 East Highway Two |
Grand Rapids |
8:30 am - 12:30 pm |
| 04/26/18 |
Piedmont Community Blood Drive Sponsored by RSI, Piedmont Dental & Viewcrest Health Center |
2860 Piedmont Avenue |
Duluth |
10:00 am - 2:00 pm |
| 04/26/18 |
Grace Bible Chapel |
2452 County Rd 76 |
Grand Rapids |
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
| 04/27/18 |
Proctor High School |
Proctor High School |
Proctor |
7:30 am - 1:30 pm |
| 04/27/18 |
Boswell Energy Center |
1210 NW 3rd St |
Cohasset |
8:30 am - 1:00 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+).
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.
