Blood Drive Unites South Salem FD & Lewisboro Ambulance Corps

SOUTH SALEM, NY — The first responders who know best about how donating blood can be a matter of life and death are once again teaming up for a blood drive to make the process as simple as it is important.

The South Salem Fire Department and Lewisboro Volunteer Ambulance Corps are partnering up for their second annual spring blood drive on Thursday, April 28th from 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Their joint blood drive last year was successful, bringing in 131 donations in just one day.

"While we often team up in the field on 911 emergency calls this event is a great proactive team effort for another type of emergency, the critical need to resupply the New York Blood Center inventory, especially as post-pandemic life resumes in our community,” said South Salem Fire Department Chief Michael Devito and Lewisboro Volunteer Ambulance Corps Capitan Dan Murth in a joint statement.

Every donor at the drive will be entered in a raffle with a chance to win one of five gift cards for Bacio Trattoria or Horse and Hound.

• WHEN: April 28, 2022, from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.
• WHERE: South Salem Fire Department, 1190 NY-35, South Salem, NY 10590
• WHO: Blood Donors, South Salem Fire Department Representatives, Lewisboro Volunteer Ambulance Corps Representatives and New York Blood Center Representatives
• WHY: It only takes one hour to donate and a single donation can save multiple lives. Roughly one in seven hospital admissions require a blood transfusion. Those in need include: cancer patients, accident, burn, or trauma victims, newborn babies and their mothers, transplant recipients, surgery patients, chronically transfused patients suffering from sickle cell disease or thalassemia, and many more.

To make an appointment at this blood drive, donors can call 1-800-933-2566 or visit this link.