Blood Drive Will Honor Late Nutley Resident, Business Owner

NUTLEY, NJ — The following news release comes courtesy of Nutley Township. Find out how to post announcements or events to your local Patch site.

Commissioner John Kelly III and the Nutley Department of Public Affairs and Health are pleased to partner with Vitalant Blood Services of New Jersey to conduct their annual Community Mobile Blood Drive in memory of Nutley resident and business owner Keith Jaret. Keith and Maureen Jaret were Nutley business owners and residents for many years. Many of you know, love and remember them as the driving force behind the Petit Café as well as Jaret’s Stuffed Cupcakes. In February 2018, Keith passed away due to liver disease.

The drive will be held on Monday, Jan. 30 at the Nutley Public Affairs Building located at 149 Chestnut Street from 2:30 to 7:30 p.m., by appointment only. All safety precautions will be put in place to ensure the health and well-being of all donors and technicians. Please do not donate if you are sick or may have been exposed to the COVID-19 virus. As always, donors must be between the ages of 16 and 76, weigh over 110 pounds and be in general good health.

If you would like to schedule an appointment, click on the following link: Vitalant New Jersey - Donor Portal (cbsblood.org)

New Jersey on a whole is experiencing critically low donation numbers; ranking lowest in the entire country in donations. There is an urgent need for Type O Negative, O Positive & B Negative Blood Types, but all types are welcome and needed!

Find answers at Vitalant.org to commonly asked questions about COVID-19 and the virus that causes it (novel coronavirus, now called SARS-CoV-2) in relation to blood donation and what Vitalant is doing to keep donors, blood drive coordinators, volunteers, staff and patients safe. If you have a question not covered here, visit our donor eligibility page, call 877-25-VITAL (877-258-4825) or email us at getinvolved@vitalant.org.

For additional information, call the Department of Public Affairs at 973-284-4976.

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