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Give the Gift of Life at Lourdes’ October Blood Drives

Blood drives held at three Lourdes locations

Every two seconds, someone in the US needs blood, according to the American Red Cross. One donation can potentially save up to three lives.

You can give the gift of life by donating blood at one of three Lourdes Health System blood drives.

On Friday, October 12, you can give the gift of life at:

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LourdesCare at Cherry Hill – large conference room

1 Brace Road

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Cherry Hill, NJ

2 p.m. to 7 p.m.

On Friday, October 26, 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.

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.

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

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