Summer Blood Supply Still At Emergency Level

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The blood emergency at the Red Cross isn’t over. The organization’s Todd Kulman tells WSJM News they experienced a shortage of donations in May and June, and that’s when they issued a call for help. The situation hasn’t much improved.

“The blood donations we have received since we first announced this emergency appeal are still going to the hospitals as fast as they are coming in,” Kulman said. “So, we certainly need  more donations to meet patient needs and replenish that blood supply.”

Kulman tells us the Red Cross needs about 14,000 blood donations each day nationwide, and here in Michigan, they need about 1,000 donations each day. They’ve scheduled another round of drives. There’s a list of them below. Be sure to make an appointment first at 1-800-Red-Cross or RedCrossBlood.org.

Upcoming blood drives:

Berrien County —

Coloma
7/28/2017: 11 a.m. – 4:45 p.m., Coloma Township Office, 4919 Paw Paw Lake rd

Saint Joseph
7/31/2017: 12 p.m. – 5:45 p.m., American Red Cross, 3838 Niles Road

Niles
8/1/2017: 12 p.m. – 5:45 p.m., Niles Senior Center, 1109 Bell Road

Stevensville
8/11/2017: 12 p.m. – 5:45 p.m., St Pauls Lutheran Church Stevensville, 2673 W. John Beers Road
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Cass County —

Dowagiac
7/28/2017: 12 p.m. – 5:45 p.m., Holy Maternity of Mary Catholic Church, 210 North Front Street
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Van Buren County —

Hartford
7/27/2017: 12 p.m. – 5:45 p.m., Hartford United Methodist Church, 425 East Main Street

Gobles
8/3/2017: 12 p.m. – 5:45 p.m., United Methodist Church, 210 E. Exchange Street

Decatur
8/7/2017: 12 p.m. – 4:45 p.m., Decatur High School, 110 Cedar

Covert
8/8/2017: 12 p.m. – 5:45 p.m., Covert Lions Community Center, 78085 County Road 378 West

South Haven
8/8/2017: 12 p.m. – 5:45 p.m., St Basil Catholic Church, 513 Monroe Boulevard

Paw Paw
8/9/2017: 12 p.m. – 5:45 p.m., Knights of Columbus, 32373 East Red Arrow Highway

Bloomingdale
8/11/2017: 12 p.m. – 5:45 p.m., Bloomingdale Telephone Company, 101 West Kalamazoo