Blood drive planned at Wantage school
| 13 Nov 2015 | 02:33
WANTAGE — New Jersey Blood Services will hold a blood drive on Saturday, Dec. 5, at the Wantage Elementary School, located at 815 Route 23.
Blood products have a short shelf life – from five to 42 days, so constant replenishment is necessary. Each and every day there are patients who depend on the transfusion of red blood cells, platelets and plasma to stay alive. But blood and blood products can’t be manufactured. They can only come from volunteer blood donors who take an hour to attend a blood drive or visit a donor center.
To donate blood or for information on how to organize a blood drive, call 1-800-933-2566 and visit www.nybloodcenter.org.