Donate Blood to the Red Cross this Holiday Season

CONCORD, NH - The American Red Cross encourages eligible donors to end the year with real meaning by donating blood for hospital patients in need.

Holiday activities, severe weather and seasonal illnesses, like the flu, can pull people away from their regular blood donation schedules. This creates a greater need for blood donations this time of year, especially around the winter holidays. To encourage donations, all those who come to donate Dec. 23, 2015, through Jan. 3, 2016, will get a long-sleeve Red Cross T-shirt, while supplies last.

Jamie Czesak made her first blood donation on Dec. 27, 2013.

“As I spent Christmas with my family, I realized how lucky I was to have my health and how we never really know when our last Christmas will be. I decided that I would face my fears and do one of the few things I can do to help save someone’s life ̶ donate blood.”

Healthy donors with all blood types are needed, especially those with types AB, O, B negative and A negative. To make an appointment to donate blood, download the free Red Cross Blood Donor App from app stores, visit redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767). Donors can now use the Blood Donor App to access their donor card and view vital signs from previous donations.

Hillsborough

Goffstown

• 12/30/2015: 1 p.m. - 6 p.m., St. Lawrence Parish, 1 East Union Street

Hollis

• 12/29/2015: 2 p.m. - 7 p.m., Lawrence Barn, 28 Depot Road

Hudson

• 12/23/2015: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., White Birch Banquet Hall, 222 Central Street
• 12/30/2015: 1 p.m. - 6 p.m., George and Ella Rodgers Memorial library, 194 Derry Road

Manchester

• 12/17/2015: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., Rite Aid Pharmacy, 122 McGregor streeet
• 12/29/2015: 12 p.m. - 6 p.m., Radisson Hotel, 700 Elm Street

Merrimack

• 12/22/2015: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., Dunkin Donuts-Merrimack, 725 Milford Rd
• 12/24/2015: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., Merrimack Ten Pin, 698 DW Highway

Nashua

• 12/17/2015: 2 p.m. - 7 p.m., The Elks Lodge, 120 Daniel Webster Hwy
• 12/19/2015: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., St John XXIII, 121 Allds Street
• 12/22/2015: 2 p.m. - 7 p.m., The Elks Lodge, 120 Daniel Webster Hwy
• 12/22/2015: 8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., The Elks Lodge, 120 Daniel Webster Hwy
• 12/24/2015: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., Church of Latter Day Saints, 110 Concord Street
• 12/30/2015: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., Christ the King Lutheran Church, 3 Lutheran Drive
• 12/31/2015: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., Chick-fil-a, 377 Amherst Street
• 12/31/2015: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., Goodale’s Bike Shop, 14 Broad Street

Weare

• 12/22/2015: 2 p.m. - 7 p.m., Old Town Hall, 16 North Stark Highway

Merrimack

Canterbury

• 12/29/2015: 12 p.m. - 5 p.m., Elkins Public Library, 9 Center Road

Concord

• 12/21/2015: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., Title Boxing Club, 80 Storrs Street
• 12/22/2015: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., Holiday Inn - Concord, 172 North Main Street
• 12/23/2015: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., Regal Cinema-Concord, 282 Loudon Road
• 12/26/2015: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, 180 Loudon Rd.
• 12/30/2015: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., IBEW Local 490, 48 Airport Road

Epsom

• 12/18/2015: 1:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m., Epsom Library, 1606 Dover Road

Franklin

• 12/29/2015: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., Hannaford Supermarket-Franklin, 952 Central Street

Hooksett

• 12/23/2015: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., Empire Beauty Schools, 1328 Hooksett Rd

Rockingham

Derry

• 12/17/2015: 1 p.m. - 6 p.m., Seventh Day Adventist, 7 Brook Street
• 12/31/2015: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., St. Thomas Aquinas, 26 Crystal Ave

Epping

• 12/24/2015: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., O’neil Cinemas Movie Theater, Brickyard Square, 24 Calef Highway
• 12/28/2015: 2 p.m. - 7 p.m., Providence Baptist Church, 410 Pleasant Street

Kensington

• 12/22/2015: 12 p.m. - 5 p.m., The Farm at Eastman’s Corner, 267 South Road

Kingston

• 12/16/2015: 2 p.m. - 7 p.m., First Congregational Church, 6 Church Street

Londonderry

• 12/23/2015: 1 p.m. - 6 p.m., Londonderry Lions Hall, 256 Mammoth Road
• 12/23/2015: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., Rite Aid - Londonderry, 123 Nashua Road

Newfields

• 12/28/2015: 2 p.m. - 7 p.m., Newfields Elementary School, 9 Piscassic Road

North Hampton

• 12/26/2015: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., Seacoast Harley Davidson, 17 Lafayette Road

Northwood

• 12/21/2015: 1 p.m. - 6 p.m., Northwood Masonic Temple, 158 First New Hampshire Turnpike

Plaistow

• 12/17/2015: 2 p.m. - 7 p.m., Zoo Creatures Plaistow, 149 Plaistow Road

Portsmouth

• 12/17/2015: 2 p.m. - 7 p.m., Holiday Inn, 300 Woodbury Avenue
• 12/19/2015: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., Portsmouth Library, 175 Parrot Ave
• 12/23/2015: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., Temple Israel of Portsmouth, 200 State Street

Raymond

• 12/18/2015: 1 p.m. - 6 p.m., Raymond Baptist Church, 145 Manchester Road, Rte 27, GPS: 145 Route 27

Salem

• 12/18/2015: 1 p.m. - 6 p.m., Best Buy - Salem, 290 South Broadway - Unit E
• 12/26/2015: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., Shaw’s Supermarket, 92 Cluff Crossing

Sandown

• 12/18/2015: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Sandown Town Hall, 320 Main Street

Seabrook

• 12/21/2015: 1 p.m. - 6 p.m., Trinity United Church Parish House, 29 Main Street