Give the Gift of Life at Lourdes’ Blood Drives

Although 60 percent of the U.S. population is eligible to give blood, only five percent does so, according to the American Red Cross. That five percent must meet 100 percent of the need for blood in our country.

Donations are especially needed during the summer months. You can give the gift of life by donating blood at one of four Lourdes Health System blood drives in July.

On Tuesday, July 17, you can give the gift of life at either Lourdes hospital campus:

Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center - Auditorium

1600 Haddon Avenue

Camden, NJ

7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Lourdes Medical Center of Burlington County - Cafeteria

218A Sunset Road

Willingboro, NJ

9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

On Tuesday, July 24, donors can give the gift of life at the Lourdes Medical Associates – Donor Bus, 500 Grove Street, Haddon Heights, NJ, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

On Friday, July 27, donors can give the gift of life at LourdesCare at Cherry Hill – large conference room, 1 Brace Road, Cherry Hill, NJ, from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Donors from each location will be entered to win a “gift of relaxation” from Lourdes Wellness Center in Collingswood. Each blood drive location will select one winner.

To make an appointment to donate at Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center in Camden, or LourdesCare at Cherry Hill, call Tina Bortner at 609-326-6041. To make an appointment to donate at Lourdes Medical Center of Burlington County in Willingboro, call Peggy Cossette Bauer at 609-835-5813. To make an appointment at Lourdes Medical Associates, call Vera Hood at 856-323-1209.

For further information on blood donation, visit the American Red Cross website at http://www.redcrossblood.org/make-donation.