Give blood where it can help locally
On June 3, a TFP article noted the drop in blood donations across the country with information on how to give blood with the American Red Cross (ARC). I want readers to know that if you give blood with ARC, your donation will not stay local and will not benefit area patients. This could put our inventories in jeopardy.
The sole supplier of blood products here in Chattanooga, Cleveland and North Georgia is Blood Assurance. If your business, church or civic organization is hosting blood drives with ARC, please tell your leaders to keep our blood donations local and set up a drive with Blood Assurance.
Due to COVID-19, the blood drives we traditionally have depended on have diminished greatly, and now as the blood needs rise, so does the need for blood donations. I’m asking for our donors to step up and help Blood Assurance meet the needs of the hospitals who treat our friends, family members and neighbors whose lives depend on your blood donation.
To our faithful donors who are still visiting our centers and blood drives and the organizations still holding blood drives, thank you so very much.