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Goal of 130 units set for next blood drive

To the Editor:
It’s that time of year — those “hazy, lazy, crazy days of summer,” as penned by Nat King Cole in 1963. School is out and students are enjoying vacations, as are the rest of us.  Going to the beach, the lake, the pool, ballgames, picnics, outdoor concerts, parades, fairs, reunions, vacation destinations …  the choices in Minnesota are endless in the summer!
There is a group that doesn’t take a vacation during the summer. Every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs a blood transfusion. The Red Cross is the nation’s largest blood supplier. Each day, the Red Cross must collect about 15,000 units of blood nationwide to serve patients at approximately 2600 hospitals across the country. North Central Blood Services of St. Paul (of which Glencoe is a part) must collect over 1,000 units each day to fill the demand at 108 hospitals in the North Central Region.
The second Glencoe Community Blood Drive for 2015 is set for Wednesday, July 29,  from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the air-conditioned Glencoe City Center ballroom. The American Red Cross has set our goal for this drive at 130 units. Many slots on the July donor schedule have already been pre-reserved at our last blood drive in April. The volunteer callers are in the process of filling the appointment slots still open for the day. If you have not been contacted or did not pre-set an appointment at our April blood drive and wish to donate, please contact our Scheduling Coordinator Nelda Klaustermeier at 320-864-3475. Appointments are encouraged.
Walk-ins are welcome but we have a completely full donor schedule until 4 p.m. (the maximum is 24 donors per hour). Your walk-in donation will go quicker if you arrive after 3:30 p.m.
Help us meet the goal set for us again at this July drive.  Your commitment is appreciated and your donation is important. Your one unit of blood could change up to three lives.  Don’t take a vacation from donating blood —  the cost to someone’s life is too high.
Charleen Engelmann, Coordinator
Glencoe Community Blood Drive