Give Blood

You have the power to save three lives today!

: Margaret Shirk, Douglas County Chapter volunteer
since 1966, checks on the progress of long-time blood donor, Patty Rundquist, during the donation process.

The Douglas County Chapter sponsors five blood drives in our community each year. Please call our offices at 785-843-3550 for more information on our next blood drive. Call 1-800-GIVE-LIFE (1-800-448-3543) or go to www.givelife.org to make a lifesaving appointment to donate blood. Please take time to donate blood the next time the opportunity arises — your single donation can save three lives.

Each day the Central Plains Region Blood Services of the American Red Cross, headquartered in Wichita, Kansas, needs about 500 blood donations to help hospital patients throughout Kansas and Northern Oklahoma. Our region serves more than 100 hospitals and about 2 million residents. American Red Cross supplies the majority of these hospitals with their blood needs. The Douglas County community is proud to be a strong contributor in the region.

Did you know that:

: Our dedicated blood drive volunteers, Judy Green and Connie Edwards, make sure a feast awaits all blood donors after they give the gift of life.

60% of all Americans are eligible to donate blood but only 5% do!
The most frequently stated reason that people do not give blood is they were never asked.
By the time we reach age 75, 90% of all of us will have required at least one blood transfusion.
One pint of blood can save the lives of three people.
If blood donations stopped today, the national blood supply would be depleted in two days.
4 million patients receive blood transfusions each year.
You can donate blood every 56 days. Minimum age to donate is 17. Minimum weight requirement is 110 pounds.
Approximately every two seconds, someone in the U.S. receives a blood transfusion.