Hospital patients don't get a summer vacation from needing blood and platelets. The need is constant.

Your blood is needed more than you think. Every two seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood. Make an appointment to donate through the American Red Cross at the Salem Senior Center this Friday, 7/8 from 1pm to 6pm and join a nationwide family of generous donors in a lifesaving cause. In the hour it takes to donate blood, you can help save the lives of patients in your community and across the country. Download the Red Cross Blood Donor App, visit red-cross-blood-dot-org or call 1-800-RED CROSS to make an appointment.

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