The Great Lakes Region of the American Red Cross (where we live) needs to collect approximately 700 units of blood each and every day to keep up with the needs of our community's hospitals. The need for blood and blood products never takes a day off. Locally, there is an immediate need for Platelets, a blood component used to treat cancer patients and others who are very sick.
The American Red Cross really needs good people like you to save lives through blood donations, and you could end up in Chicago for the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament for helping out.
Due to wintry weather and canceled blood drives, the American Red Cross has issued an urgent appeal to donors with type O-negative and B-negative blood.