American Red Cross Asks Eligible Donors to Give Blood in May Before the Busy Summer Season

The American Red Cross asks eligible donors to help ensure blood is available for patients in need by giving blood in May before the busy summer season kicks in.

Blood and platelet donations often decrease when regular donors are vacationing and school is out of session, but the need for blood is constant. Donors are needed in the weeks leading up to summer to help alleviate this seasonal decline.

Donors of all blood types – especially those with types O negative, A negative and B negative – are needed to help ensure blood is available for patients this spring. Those who come to donate blood between May 23 and May 25, 2015, will receive a limited-edition Red Cross-branded RuMe® tote bag, while supplies last.

To make an appointment to give blood, download the Red Cross Blood Donor App, visit redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767).

Upcoming blood donation opportunities in Essex County:

Amesbury

5/20/2015: 2 p.m. - 7 p.m., The Sparhawk Theatre and Centre for the Arts, 196 Main Street

Andover

5/26/2015: 1:30 p.m. - 7 p.m., Temple Emanuel, 7 Haggetts Pond Road

Danvers

5/16/2015: 8:15 a.m. - 2 p.m., Danvers Blood Donation Center, 99 Rosewood Drive

5/17/2015: 8:15 a.m. - 2 p.m., Danvers Blood Donation Center, 99 Rosewood Drive

5/18/2015: 12:45 p.m. - 6:15 p.m., Danvers Blood Donation Center, 99 Rosewood Drive

5/19/2015: 12:45 p.m. - 6:15 p.m., Danvers Blood Donation Center, 99 Rosewood Drive

5/20/2015: 12:45 p.m. - 6:15 p.m., Danvers Blood Donation Center, 99 Rosewood Drive

5/21/2015: 12:45 p.m. - 6:15 p.m., Danvers Blood Donation Center, 99 Rosewood Drive

5/22/2015: 8:15 a.m. - 2 p.m., Danvers Blood Donation Center, 99 Rosewood Drive

5/23/2015: 8:15 a.m. - 2 p.m., Danvers Blood Donation Center, 99 Rosewood Drive

5/24/2015: 8:15 a.m. - 2 p.m., Danvers Blood Donation Center, 99 Rosewood Drive

5/25/2015: 8:15 a.m. - 2 p.m., Danvers Blood Donation Center, 99 Rosewood Drive

5/26/2015: 12:45 p.m. - 6:15 p.m., Danvers Blood Donation Center, 99 Rosewood Drive

5/27/2015: 12:45 p.m. - 6:15 p.m., Danvers Blood Donation Center, 99 Rosewood Drive

5/29/2015: 8:15 a.m. - 2 p.m., Danvers Blood Donation Center, 99 Rosewood Drive

5/30/2015: 8:15 a.m. - 2 p.m., Danvers Blood Donation Center, 99 Rosewood Drive

5/31/2015: 8:15 a.m. - 2 p.m., Danvers Blood Donation Center, 99 Rosewood Drive

Gloucester

5/18/2015: 2 p.m. - 7 p.m., Elks at Bass Rocks, 101 Atlantic Rd

5/30/2015: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., Addison Gilbert Hospital, 298 Washington Street

Haverhill

5/30/2015: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., Rite - Aid - Bradford, 68 South Main Street

5/30/2015: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., All Saints Parish, 120 Bellevue Avenue, Rt. 97

Ipswich

5/19/2015: 2 p.m. - 7 p.m., Ipswich VFW, 110 County Road

Lawrence

5/31/2015: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., St. Mary of the Assumption Parish, 300 Haverhill St.

Methuen

5/20/2015: 2 p.m. - 7 p.m., Knights of Columbus, 462 Broadway

5/29/2015: 2 p.m. - 7 p.m., Latitude Sports Club, 116 Pleasant Valley St.

North Andover

5/28/2015: 10 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., Osgood Landing & Ozzy Properties, Osgood Landing - 1600 Osgood Street

Peabody

5/17/2015: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., Latitude Sports Club, 194 Newbury Street

5/28/2015: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., Lahey Clinic - North Shore, One Essex Center Drive

Salem

5/19/2015: 2 p.m. - 7 p.m., Salem Masonic Temple, 70 Washington Street

Salisbury

5/24/2015: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., Latitude Sports Club, 191 Elm Street

Saugus

5/21/2015: 2 p.m. - 7 p.m., Blessed Sacrament, 14 Summer Street