NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — This week is another chance to give blood with the American Red Cross.
"The Hutchinson Community Blood Drive that we host with First Presbyterian Church, it will be Monday June 3 from 12 p.m. to 6 30 p.m.," said Tiffany Davison with the Red Cross. "It is also Tuesday June 4 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Wednesday June 5th 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. and the t-shirt is there. We also serve a meal. I believe we're still doing Sloppy Joes for this one and of course that early morning Wednesday you can grab one of those fresh cinnamon rolls if you donate then."
It's especially efficient if you can give a Power Red donation at the drive.
"We call those doubles and those donors also really like that sometimes they can give every 112 days instead of every 56 days," Davison said. "You have to be either O positive O negative or B or A negative and also have some certain height and weight requirements but yes if you're eligible for those Power Red appointments definitely get your name on those."
You can also still track your blood from when you give it to when a recipient gets it.
"If you download the blood donor app you can follow the path of your blood and it shows where it starts and processing and where it goes," Davison said. "That is definitely something that's very great about that blood donor app and people really enjoy that. If you just go to the App Store and you search Red Cross blood donor app it's gonna pop up it's gonna have that little red blood droplet. It's a great app to have on your phone."
There are still several appointments available, and you can sign up here.
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