Thousands of additional donations needed to replenish Red Cross blood supply

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo — Since announcing a national blood shortage a month ago, thousands of donors across the country have rolled up a sleeve to help rebuild the American Red Cross blood and platelet supply. As that generosity continues, the Red Cross is working around-the-clock to ensure patients have access to lifesaving transfusions and must collect 10,000 additional blood and platelet donations – over and above expectations – each week over the next month to sufficiently meet hospital needs. Donors of all blood types are urged to book a time to give now, especially those with type O blood or those giving platelets.

 

Don’t wait – patients are counting on critical care this fall. To make an appointment, use the Red Cross Blood Donor App, visit RedCrossBlood.org or call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767). 

 

To encourage more blood donations, the Red Cross is offering new incentives to donors over the next month. All who come to give Oct. 21-Nov. 9 will receive a $10 gift card by email to a restaurant merchant of their choice to enjoy lunch on the Red Cross. They’ll also be automatically entered to win a $5,000 gift card. There will be three lucky winners – one chosen at random each week. Details are available at RedCrossBlood.org/Lunch.

 

Flu and COVID-19 vaccines don’t affect donor eligibility

 

As cold and flu season quickly approaches, the Red Cross is reminding donors that they can still give blood after receiving a flu vaccine, so long as they are feeling healthy and well on the day of their donation. Likewise, there is no deferral or wait time for those receiving the updated COVID-19 vaccine.

 

Upcoming blood donation opportunities Oct. 21-Nov. 9:

MO

 

Bollinger

 

Marble Hill

10/16/2023: 2 p.m. – 6 p.m., Woodland High School, RR 5, Box 3210

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Butler

 

Broseley

10/31/2023: 8:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., Twin Rivers High School, 9261 Highway 51

 

Neelyville

10/30/2023: 1:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Neelyville High School, 289 Broadway

 

Poplar Bluff

10/17/2023: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., John J Pershing VA Medical Center, 1500 North Westwood, Highway 67 North

10/17/2023: 1:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 500 North Main Street

10/18/2023: 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., Mid Continent Nail, 2700 Central Avenue

10/20/2023: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m., EBO MD, 2725 North Westwood Blvd

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Cape Girardeau

 

Cape Girardeau

10/6/2023: 7:45 a.m. – 2:45 p.m., Cape Girardeau Blood Donation Center, 20 South Mt Auburn Road

10/7/2023: 7:45 a.m. – 2:45 p.m., Cape Girardeau Blood Donation Center, 20 South Mt Auburn Road

10/8/2023: 7:45 a.m. – 2:45 p.m., Cape Girardeau Blood Donation Center, 20 South Mt Auburn Road

10/9/2023: 11:45 a.m. – 6:45 p.m., Cape Girardeau Blood Donation Center, 20 South Mt Auburn Road

10/10/2023: 11:45 a.m. – 6:45 p.m., Cape Girardeau Blood Donation Center, 20 South Mt Auburn Road

10/13/2023: 7:45 a.m. – 2:45 p.m., Cape Girardeau Blood Donation Center, 20 South Mt Auburn Road

10/14/2023: 7:45 a.m. – 2:45 p.m., Cape Girardeau Blood Donation Center, 20 South Mt Auburn Road

10/15/2023: 7:45 a.m. – 2:45 p.m., Cape Girardeau Blood Donation Center, 20 South Mt Auburn Road

10/16/2023: 11:45 a.m. – 6:45 p.m., Cape Girardeau Blood Donation Center, 20 South Mt Auburn Road

10/16/2023: 12:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., La Croix Church, 3102 Lexington

10/16/2023: 12:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Southeast Missouri State University- Student Recreation Center, One University Plaza

10/17/2023: 11:45 a.m. – 6:45 p.m., Cape Girardeau Blood Donation Center, 20 South Mt Auburn Road

10/17/2023: 12:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Southeast Missouri State University- Student Recreation Center, One University Plaza

10/19/2023: 8 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Saint Francis Medical Center, 211 St Francis Drive

10/19/2023: 12:30 p.m. – 5 p.m., Saint Francis Medical Center, 211 St Francis Drive

10/20/2023: 7:45 a.m. – 2:45 p.m., Cape Girardeau Blood Donation Center, 20 South Mt Auburn Road

10/21/2023: 7:45 a.m. – 2:45 p.m., Cape Girardeau Blood Donation Center, 20 South Mt Auburn Road

10/22/2023: 7:45 a.m. – 2:45 p.m., Cape Girardeau Blood Donation Center, 20 South Mt Auburn Road

10/23/2023: 11:45 a.m. – 6:45 p.m., Cape Girardeau Blood Donation Center, 20 South Mt Auburn Road

10/24/2023: 11:45 a.m. – 6:45 p.m., Cape Girardeau Blood Donation Center, 20 South Mt Auburn Road

10/26/2023: 8 a.m. – 2 p.m., Notre Dame High School, 265 Notre Dame Drive

10/27/2023: 7 a.m. – 11:30 a.m., Southeast Health, 1701 Lacey Street

10/27/2023: 7:45 a.m. – 2:45 p.m., Cape Girardeau Blood Donation Center, 20 South Mt Auburn Road

10/27/2023: 11:30 a.m. – 4 p.m., Southeast Health, 1701 Lacey Street

10/28/2023: 7:45 a.m. – 2:45 p.m., Cape Girardeau Blood Donation Center, 20 South Mt Auburn Road

10/29/2023: 7:45 a.m. – 2:45 p.m., Cape Girardeau Blood Donation Center, 20 South Mt Auburn Road

10/30/2023: 11:45 a.m. – 6:45 p.m., Cape Girardeau Blood Donation Center, 20 South Mt Auburn Road

10/31/2023: 11:45 a.m. – 6:45 p.m., Cape Girardeau Blood Donation Center, 20 South Mt Auburn Road

11/1/2023: 7:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., Cape Girardeau Central High School, 1000 South Silver Springs Road

11/3/2023: 7:45 a.m. – 2:45 p.m., Cape Girardeau Blood Donation Center, 20 South Mt Auburn Road

11/3/2023: 1 p.m. – 5 p.m., Missouri Veterans Home, 2400 Veterans Memorial Drive

11/4/2023: 7:45 a.m. – 2:45 p.m., Cape Girardeau Blood Donation Center, 20 South Mt Auburn Road

11/5/2023: 7:45 a.m. – 2:45 p.m., Cape Girardeau Blood Donation Center, 20 South Mt Auburn Road

11/6/2023: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m., SoutheastHEALTH College of Nursing & Health Sciences, 2001 William Street

11/6/2023: 11:45 a.m. – 6:45 p.m., Cape Girardeau Blood Donation Center, 20 South Mt Auburn Road

11/7/2023: 11:45 a.m. – 6:45 p.m., Cape Girardeau Blood Donation Center, 20 South Mt Auburn Road

11/10/2023: 7:45 a.m. – 2:45 p.m., Cape Girardeau Blood Donation Center, 20 South Mt Auburn Road

11/10/2023: 2 p.m. – 6 p.m., Central Junior High School, 1910 Whitener Street

 

Delta

10/24/2023: 12:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Delta High School, 324 Liberty

 

Jackson

10/23/2023: 1:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., St Paul Lutheran Church, 223 West Adams

11/1/2023: 2:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m., Church of Christ, 310 North Shawnee

11/6/2023: 1:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Saxony Lutheran High School, 2004 Saxony Drive

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Carter

 

Van Buren

10/24/2023: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m., Van Buren High School, Van Buren High School, 202 West College

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Dunklin

 

Kennett

10/27/2023: 8 a.m. – 2 p.m., Kennett High School, 1400 West Washington

 

Malden

10/23/2023: 12:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., FEMA Building, 600 Burkhart

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Iron

 

Annapolis

10/16/2023: 12 p.m. – 6 p.m., South Iron High School, 210 School Street, Box 218

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Madison

 

Fredericktown

10/31/2023: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., Fredericktown High School, 805 East Highway 72

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Mississippi

 

East Prairie

10/19/2023: 12:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m., First Church of God, 322 North Washington Street

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New Madrid

 

New Madrid

11/1/2023: 8:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., New Madrid Technical Skills Center, 310 Highway 61

 

Portageville

10/20/2023: 7:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., Portageville Middle School, 904 King Street

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Pemiscot

 

Steele

10/11/2023: 1 p.m. – 5 p.m., South Pemiscot County High School, 611 Beasley Road

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Perry

 

Perryville

10/23/2023: 8 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., Perryville High School, 326 College

10/23/2023: 1:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Heartland Baptist Church, 829 West St Joseph Street

11/7/2023: 12 p.m. – 6 p.m., Perry Park Center, 800 City Park Drive

11/9/2023: 9 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., St Vincent High School, 210 South Waters

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Ripley

 

Doniphan

10/24/2023: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m., Doniphan High Schol, 5 Ball Park Road

 

Naylor

11/3/2023: 2 p.m. – 6 p.m., Naylor High School, 301 E Batten St

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Saline

 

Marshall

11/3/2023: 10 a.m. – 2:15 p.m., Missouri Valley College Ferguson Center, 500 E. College

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Scott

 

Benton

10/17/2023: 2 p.m. – 6 p.m., Kelso C 7 School, 820 State Highway A

 

Miner

10/23/2023: 1:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Miner Baptist Church, 416 St Rte H

 

Scott City

11/8/2023: 1 p.m. – 6 p.m., Scott City High School, 3000 West Main

 

Sikeston

10/16/2023: 12:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Shady Acres Church of Christ, 1440 Ables Road

10/19/2023: 1 p.m. – 5 p.m., YMCA, 511 Taylor

10/24/2023: 12:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Clinton Building Community Center, 501 Campanella Drive

10/30/2023: 12:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Elks Lodge #2319, 349 Dona Street

10/31/2023: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., Southeast Missouri State University, 2401 North Main

11/1/2023: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., Montgomery Bank, 1 Montgomery Bank Drive

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Stoddard

 

Bernie

10/18/2023: 12:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Bernie Community Center, 503 South Walnut

 

Dexter

10/6/2023: 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., Dexter High School, 1101 West Grant

 

IL

 

Franklin

 

Christopher

10/24/2023: 8:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., Christopher High School, 1 Bearcat Drive

 

West Frankfort

10/20/2023: 1 p.m. – 5 p.m., Frankfort Intermediate School, 800 North Cherry

10/26/2023: 1 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Back to Normal Construction, Inc., 1037 IL-37

 

Whittington

11/6/2023: 2 p.m. – 6 p.m., Whittington Church, 200 main street

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Jackson

 

Carbondale

10/18/2023: 2 p.m. – 6 p.m., Giant City School, 1062 Boskydell

10/18/2023: 2 p.m. – 6 p.m., Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 7168 Old Highway 13

10/27/2023: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., SIH System Office, University Mall, 1239 East Main

11/3/2023: 9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m., Murdale Baptist Church, 2701 West Main

11/3/2023: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., Southern Illinois University Carbondale Student Center, 1255 Lincoln Drive

11/10/2023: 1 p.m. – 6 p.m., University Mall, 1237 East Main

 

Murphysboro

10/10/2023: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., Egyptian Electric, 1732 Finney Rd

10/25/2023: 2 p.m. – 6 p.m., St Joseph Memorial Hospital, 2 South Hospital Drive

11/2/2023: 8 a.m. – 2 p.m., Murphysboro High School, 50 Blackwood Drive

11/2/2023: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., Jackson County University of Illinois Extension Office, 402 Ava Road

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Jefferson

 

Bluford

11/8/2023: 1 p.m. – 5 p.m., Bluford Elementary School, 907 West 6th Street

 

Dix

11/1/2023: 1 p.m. – 5 p.m., Dix Community Center, 217 North Main

 

Mount Vernon

10/19/2023: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., Mount Vernon High School, 11101 North Wells ByPass

10/24/2023: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m., Rolland Lewis Community Building, South 27th Street

11/10/2023: 1 p.m. – 6 p.m., Monken Toyota, 100 S 45th St.

 

Opdyke

10/19/2023: 2 p.m. – 6 p.m., Opdyke Belle Rive School District, 19380 East Fourth Street

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Perry

 

Cutler

10/25/2023: 1 p.m. – 5 p.m., Cutler Community Center, 409 South Main

 

Du Quoin

10/30/2023: 1 p.m. – 5 p.m., First Christian Church, 312 E Main St

11/9/2023: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m., Marshall Browning Hospital, 900 North Washington

 

Pinckneyville

10/26/2023: 8:45 a.m. – 1:45 p.m., Pinckneyville High School, 600 East Water

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Union

 

Anna

10/12/2023: 12 p.m. – 6 p.m., First Baptist Church, 409 Morgan Street

10/25/2023: 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., Anna-Jonesboro Community High School, 608 South Main Street

11/6/2023: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m., Anna Community School District, 301 South Green Street

 

Cobden

10/31/2023: 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., Cobden High School, 413 North Appleknocker Drive

 

Wolf Lake

11/1/2023: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m., Shawnee High School, 3365 State Route 3 North

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Williamson

 

Carterville

10/26/2023: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., John A Logan College, 700 Logan College Road

 

Herrin

10/6/2023: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., Herrin Hospital – Medical Arts Conference Center, 220 South Park Avenue

10/18/2023: 12:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Herrin Church of Christ, 3101 South Park Avenue

 

Marion

10/6/2023: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m., Veteran’s Airport, 10400 Terminal Drive, #200

10/11/2023: 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., Knights of Columbus, 600 North Russell

10/31/2023: 11 a.m. – 3 p.m., Marion Ford, 1910 West Coolidge Avenue

11/3/2023: 12:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, 1200 South Carbon Street

11/5/2023: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m., Zion United Church of Christ, 930 West Cherry

11/10/2023: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., Heartland Regional Medical Center, 3333 West DeYoung Street

11/10/2023: 1 p.m. – 6 p.m., Veteran’s Airport, 10400 Terminal Drive, #200

 

Pittsburg

10/13/2023: 11 a.m. – 3 p.m., Pittsburg City Hall, 302 West Avery Ave.

 

How to donate blood

A blood donor card or driver’s license or two other forms of identification are required at check-in. Individuals who are 17 years of age in most states (16 with parental consent where allowed by state law), weigh at least 110 pounds and are in generally good health may be eligible to donate blood. High school students and other donors 18 years of age and younger also have to meet certain height and weight requirements.

 

About the American Red Cross:

The American Red Cross shelters, feeds and provides comfort to victims of disasters; supplies about 40% of the nation’s blood; teaches skills that save lives; distributes international humanitarian aid; and supports veterans, military members and their families. The Red Cross is a nonprofit organization that depends on volunteers and the generosity of the American public to deliver its mission. For more information, please visit redcross.org or CruzRojaAmericana.org, or visit us on Twitter at @RedCross.