Sioux Falls Community Blood Bank's flyer for "Beefing Up The Blood Supply."
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) – KELO Radio, Outback Steakhouse, and Community Blood Bank join up to bolster community support towards the community’s blood supply and impact local patients’ lives as they host the “Beefing up the Blood Supply” blood drive on Friday, October 22 between 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Outback Steakhouse (2411 S. Carolyn Ave., Sioux Falls, SD).
All donators will receive a free steak lunch and a blood donor t-shirt. Donors can schedule an appointment by logging onto www.cbblifeblood.org, select “events”, and Oct. 22 or calling 605-331-3222.
“With continued high demand for blood in our community for the foreseeable future, Community Blood Bank is calling on blood donors with type A and O to assist patients needing blood transfusions,” states Ken Versteeg, Executive Director, Community Blood Bank. “It has been hard to catch up and build a stable supply of blood for our community hospitals in the last several weeks. Just as we see some improvement, we have several unexpected calls for blood that places us in a critical state once again. It is ever so important that we fill our blood drive appointment capacity to ensure we are maximizing all opportunities to catch up with usage.”
Donors must be at least 17 years old (16 years old with a signed parent consent form), weigh 110 lbs or more, and be in good general health. It is recommended that a person eat and drink plenty of fluids prior to donating blood. Please bring an ID with you at the time of donation. For more information log onto www.cbblifeblood.org.
Community Blood Bank is not affiliated with other blood bank organizations and takes pride in being a self-sufficient organization, thanks to the generosity of our local blood donors.
(The Sioux Falls Community Blood Bank contributed this report/news release.)
