{"id":85318,"date":"2024-09-29T17:39:06","date_gmt":"2024-09-29T17:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/hurricane-helene-impacts-blood-supply-blood-donors-needed-now\/"},"modified":"2024-09-29T17:39:06","modified_gmt":"2024-09-29T17:39:06","slug":"hurricane-helene-impacts-blood-supply-blood-donors-needed-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/hurricane-helene-impacts-blood-supply-blood-donors-needed-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane Helene Impacts Blood Supply: Blood Donors Needed Now"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PIEDMONT, SC, Sept. 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Blood Connection (TBC), announced today that their blood products inventory is at a critical level in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. Though TBC worked vigilantly through the storm to continue operations, the storm caused several centers to be without power and water, as well as grounded their bloodmobiles due to dangerously high wind gusts and flooding.<\/p>\n

As a result of not being able to take donations during the storm, TBC has lost hundreds of platelet donors and countless more whole blood donors.<\/p>\n

It’s vital that community members step up today to replenish the blood supply by donating platelets and blood. Local hospitals are counting on TBC to have blood products for their patients which is why we need eligible donors to find a donation center or mobile blood drive now.\u00a0<\/p>\n

TBC needs to collect about 1,000 units of blood daily to sustain local hospital needs.<\/p>\n

The Blood Connection is working diligently to make sure that no hospital, EMS, or air transport service is forced to forgo care for a patient because they do not have the blood products they need.<\/p>\n

Donation centers have extended hours from 7AM-7PM today, Sunday, September 29th<\/sup>, and\u00a0are open from 7AM-7PM Monday through Friday this week. Donors willing to answer the call to donate blood or platelets may do so at the following donation centers:<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Asheville<\/b>\u00a0(225 Airport Road, Arden, NC)
\u2022\u00a0Hendersonville\u00a0<\/b>(825 Spartanburg Highway, Spartanburg, NC)
\u2022\u00a0Raleigh<\/b>\u00a0(5925 Glenwood Avenue, Raleigh, NC)
\u2022\u00a0Wake Forest<\/b>\u00a0(2115 S Main Street, Wake Forest, NC)
\u2022\u00a0Rock Hill<\/b>\u00a0(1157\u00a0Herrons\u00a0Ferry Road, Rock Hill, SC)
\u2022\u00a0Charleston<\/b>\u00a0(5870 Core Road, North Charleston, SC)
\u2022\u00a0Myrtle Beach<\/b>\u00a0(1217 38TH<\/sup>\u00a0Avenue North, Myrtle Beach, SC)
\u2022\u00a0Florence<\/b>\u00a0(1617 S Irby Street, Florence, SC)
\u2022\u00a0Spartanburg<\/b>\u00a0(270 N. Grove Medical Park Drive, Spartanburg, SC)
\u2022\u00a0Lexington<\/b>\u00a0(5141 Sunset Boulevard, Lexington, SC)
\u2022\u00a0Greenville\u00a0<\/b>(435 Woodruff Road, Greenville, SC)
\u2022\u00a0Easley\u00a0<\/b>(5116 Calhoun Memorial Road, Easley, SC)
\u2022\u00a0Seneca<\/b>\u00a0(1308 Sandifer Boulevard, Seneca, SC)
\u2022\u00a0Greenwood<\/b>\u00a0(341 Old Abbeville Highway, Greenwood, SC)
\u2022\u00a0Roanoke<\/b>\u00a0(4873 Valley View Blvd NW, Roanoke, VA)<\/p>\n

Appointments are encouraged, walk-ins are welcome. To make an appointment, or find a mobile blood drive near you, visit\u00a0thebloodconnection.org\/donate<\/b><\/a>.\u00a0As a thank you for their time and donation\u00a0during this critical time of need, platelet donors will receive $75 bonus rewards Sunday, September 29th<\/sup>\u00a0through Saturday, October 5th<\/sup>.\u00a0Whole blood\u00a0donors in centers\u00a0will receive $70 in TBC rewards as a thank you\u00a0and whole blood\u00a0donors\u00a0on mobile drives\u00a0will receive $50 rewards.\u00a0O negative and O positive donors will receive $50 bonus rewards Sunday, September 29th<\/sup>\u00a0through Wednesday, October 2nd<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

About The Blood Connection<\/u><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Founded in Greenville, SC, The Blood Connection has been committed to saving lives since 1962. TBC is an independently managed, not-for-profit, community blood center that provides blood products to over 120 hospitals within South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, and Virginia. TBC works diligently to collect blood from volunteer donors to meet the ever-increasing demand. By keeping collections local, TBC serves hundreds of thousands of patients a year in its communities. TBC is licensed and regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. For more information, visit thebloodconnection.org<\/b>.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PIEDMONT, SC, Sept. 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Blood Connection (TBC), announced today that their blood products inventory is at a critical level in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. 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