Blood Drive Information
On the second Wednesday of the months of March, July
and November, Lifesource operates a blood drive at the
Fire Department on Dundee Road at 1:30 p.m. until 7:00
p.m.
The Wheeling Board of Health will be hosting a Blood
Drive on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at the Fire Station from 1:30 p.m. until 7:00 p.m.
Every year more than 30,000 people from all races, ethnic
backgrounds and socio-economic backgrounds are diagnosed with
life-threatening blood diseases, such as leukemia, lymphoma and
inherited diseases. Many can be cured with a marrow or blood
stem cell transplant, but they need matching donors. Around 30
percent will find a matching donor within their family. The
remaining 70 percent will need to search for an unrelated donor.
People can wait years to find a match. Unfortunately, some die
before a match is found.
It’s easy to join the Bone Marrow Registry. Simply come to
the drive, fill out a registration form with contact
information, answer health history questions, and sign the
agreement to join the Registry. A swab is taken from inside your
cheek so your tissue can be tested. Your tissue type is then
added to the registry. If you match a patient, you will receive
a physical exam and will be determined if you need to donate
marrow or blood cells.
To schedule an appointment to give blood or register for the
Bone Marrow Donor Program, please Beverly
at
(847) 229-4768 or email her at: bslaby@wheelingil.gov.
If you cannot commit to
a time, letting us know that you will be a walk-in will still
enable us to plan for sufficient staff to operate the drive
efficiently. In either case, please do not hesitate to stop by
and donate.
Shortly before one of our previous blood drive, I spoke with a friend that
told me “You know how important I feel blood donation is, but
it really hit home a little over a year ago when my wife needed
5 transfusions and more than 12 pints over the course of our
daughters birth. Then, our daughter needed it off and on during
her 6 month stay in the hospital. Thanks to those who donated,
both are doing well today.” His experience truly reinforces
the belief that when you donate blood today it may be the gift
of life for someone tomorrow.
Please plan on coming to our drive to donate. Appointments
are greatly appreciated and aid us in anticipated the number of
people that will attend so that we can properly staff the event.
It also helps us to try and prevent too many people from showing
up at the same time. If you are coming, but are not able to set
an appointment, please call so that you can find out when the
hours with the shorter waits will be.
Before coming out to the drive, be certain that you eat a
solid breakfast and lunch during the day. Also drink plenty of
non-caffeinated beverages as well. It has been recommended that
by drinking plenty of water in the days leading to the drive
that veins become fuller and make the blood donation process
easier.
We hope to see you at the blood drive.
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