Blood Drive: Help Save Lives

New York’s blood supply has never been lower, and New York Blood Center (NYBC) is urgently calling for donors. There has been a significant decline in regular blood donors, and the region’s supply has reached critically low levels. In order to maintain a safe blood supply, a seven-day inventory of all blood types must be continually replenished. Right now, reserves are below that minimum.

BMCC will be holding a blood drive on the following Wednesdays:

12/2, 12/16, 12/30

It only takes one hour to donate, and a single donation can be used to save multiple lives. Those in need include: cancer patients, accident, burn, or trauma victims, newborn babies and their mothers, transplant recipients, surgery patients, chronically transfused patients suffering from sickle cell disease and many more.

Refreshments will be available after you have donated blood.

Please sign up to donate blood.

Location: BMCC Express, 255 Greenwich St, New York, NY 10007

Learn more about donating blood. Call 1 (800) 688-0900 if you have questions.

Health Concerns

• Donors temperatures will be taken before the donation process.
• Donor must wear a face covering. Social distancing is observed.
• Please bring ID with name and photo or NYBC Blood Donor ID card.
• Eligibility Information: tinyurl.com/Can-i-Donate-Blood

Please Do Not donate if you have:

• a fever or other symptoms of COVID-19 (cough, shortness of breath, or difficulty breathing)
• had close contact with someone diagnosed with or suspected of having COVID-19 in the last 14 days.
• been diagnosed with or suspected of having COVID-19 until 14 days after your illness has resolved.

NOTE: close contact is defined by CDC as being within 6 feet of an infected individual for a prolonged period of time.

This blood drive is co-sponsored by BMCC/CUNY and the New York Blood Center and it is open to all BMCC students, faculty and staff.

For more information, contact Penelope Jordan at pjordan@bmcc.cuny.edu.

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