Cape Cod Hospitals Need Blood: See The December Donation Schedule

BARNSTABLE, MA — Are you looking for a way to help others and make a difference in the community? Cape Cod Healthcare could use residents' help replenishing its blood supply.

Cape Cod and Falmouth hospitals need at least one week's worth of blood on hand at all times, since each unit collected or purchased only lasts 42 days. Regional health officials said all blood types are needed, but types A and O are especially in short supply.

All blood collected at Cape Cod Healthcare blood drives stays on Cape Cod. Donors in December will receive a free Target gift card.

If you'd like to help replenish the supply, you can consider taking part in one of the following blood drives:

• December 1: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Grace Chapel Assembly of God, 25 Lieutenant Island Rd, Wellfleet
• December 2: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Cape Cod & Islands Association of Realtors, 22 Mid Tech Drive, W. Yarmouth
• December 6: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., Harwich Police, 183 Sisson Rd, Harwich
• December 7: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., John Wesley United Methodist Church, 270 Gifford Street, Falmouth
• December 8: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Northside United Methodist Church, 701 Airline Rd, Brewster
• December 13: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., Christ the King Church, 3 Jobs Fishing Rd, Mashpee • December 14: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Dennis Police, 90 Bob Crowell Rd, Harwich
• December 15: 12 noon – 6 p.m., Chatham Works, 323 Orleans Rd., N. Chatham
• December 20: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., John Wesley United Methodist Church, 270 Gifford Street, Falmouth
• December 21: 12 noon – 6 p.m., 31st Annual Joshua Sears Memorial Blood Drive, Howard Masonic Lodge, 20 Davis Rd, Yarmouth
• December 22: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., Brewster Police, 631 Harwich Rd, Brewster • December 27: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Orleans Police Department, 99 Eldredge Park Way, Orleans
• December 28: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., Clark-Haddad American Legion Post 188, 20 Main Street, Sandwich
• December 30: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., Cape Cod YMCA, 2245 Iyannough Rd, W. Barnstable

Appointments are required at all blood drives. To make an appointment at an upcoming blood drive, please visit www.capecodhealth.org/give-blood

Donations can also be made at the Nicholas G. Xiarhos Blood Donor Center at Cape Cod Hospital. The Donor Center is open 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. To make an appointment for the Nicholas G. Xiarhos Blood Donor Center please call us at 508-862-5663.