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With local blood supplies critically low heading into the summer months, Community Blood Center (CBC) is once again teaming up with the Kansas City Royals to host a blood drive at Kauffman Stadium on Wednesday, June 4th from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm. The local supply of types O-negative and B-negative currently sits at just a 1-2-day supply, well below the ideal inventory of 7 days, and donors are urgently needed. As a thank you for giving the lifesaving gift of blood donation, all who come to donate will receive a Royals T-shirt and two vouchers redeemable for tickets to a select 2025 Royals home game. This drive comes at a pivotal time: summer is historically one of the hardest seasons to maintain an adequate blood supply, as regular donors are distracted by vacations, school breaks, and outdoor activities. Meanwhile, hospitals often see a surge in trauma cases, from car accidents to outdoor injuries, many of which require immediate transfusions. In fact, nearly 1 in 4 trauma patients need blood as part of lifesaving treatment. Blood donors can give every 56 days, and platelet donors can give twice per month. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently lifted several blood donor eligibility restrictions. To view current eligibility guidelines or make an appointment, visit savealifenow.org or call 877.468.6844. The drive will be held at Kauffman Stadium on Wednesday, June 4th from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm. Donors will park in Lot J and enter through Gate A. It only takes one hour to donate, and a single donation can save multiple lives. Roughly one in seven hospital admissions require a blood transfusion. 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 or thalassemia, and more. To make an appointment for this drive, donors can visit this link or call 877.468.6844.  Comments are closed.
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