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.