Above: Registration is open for another day to “Give the gift of life” in Southborough. (image of cropped flyer)
There are still openings next week’s visit from the Blood Mobile.
The community is asked to sign up for time slots with the travelling blood donation center that serves Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
As usual, the bloodmobile will be parked in the Southborough Library’s parking lot at 25 Main Street.
If you would like to donate life giving blood through the Blood Mobile, as of this posting, slots are available for the afternoon to early evening on Thursday, September 26th.
To register for a slot, click here.
(If the available slots don’t work, for you, they’ll also allow some walk-ins during the noon to 6:30 pm event.)
As an incentive/reward, those who successfully donate will receive be entered into a raffle for 2 tickets to a Patriots Game. (It’s the October 13th game vs the Houston Texans.)
Brigham and Women’s continues to advertise their pressing need for Type-O positive and negative whole blood. Of course, they always also need blood from those that don’t meet those criteria.
To donate, you must be over 17 years old, at least 110lbs., and “in good health and feeling well”, and bring a Photo ID. (Participants are also encouraged to “Be well hydrated and eat before donating”.)
If you have other concerns about specific eligibility issues, please email BloodDonor@partners.org or call 617-632-3206.
Organizer Karen Anglim has been arranging for the Blood Mobile to return to our town every 2-3 months this year. (Each on a Thursday at the Library from 12:00 – 6:30 pm.) You can already sign up for the following drive on December 5th here.
And you can learn more about the Kraft Family Blood Donor Center’s Blood Mobile partnership with Dana Farber here.
Updated (11/29/24 4:41 pm): For the Dec 5th drive, “successful” donors will be gifted a sweatshirt from the Kraft Family Blood Donor Center.
