Summer Blood Drives -- Red Cross issues urgent call for most needed blood types

The summer months, right through the official end of the season in late September, is an urgent time to donate blood.  

According to the American Red Cross, blood donations decrease significantly in the summer and shortages can reach critical and emergency levels.  Read the following August 4, 2015 news bulletin, "Red Cross issues urgent call for most needed blood types"

As a result, numerous blood drives are taking place throughout the month of August across the Southern Tier and Finger Lakes regions.

Visit the American Red Cross website, www.redcross.org/donating-blood, to find a comprehensive listing of upcoming regional blood drives.  

Or contact any of our regional Red Cross chapters directly.  Click HERE for a listing of Red Cross locations regionally and throughout New York State.