Community Blood Services Celebrates
Volunteer Appreciation Week Volunteer Donors Can Enter Raffle for 32� TV

April 15-21, 2012

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Any volunteer blood, platelet or plasma donor who donates at a Community Blood Services donor center in New Jersey or New York during National Volunteer Appreciation Week from Sunday, April 15 through Saturday, April 21 will be entered into a raffle for a 32� TV.

�Our volunteer donors help save lives in their community every time they make a donation,� said Karen Ferriday, community affairs director for the blood center. �Their legacy of caring deserves to be recognized and celebrated.�

The winner of the 32� flat screen HD LCD TV will be selected on April 24. The winning donor will be informed soon afterward and can pick up the TV at his or her local donor center.

In New Jersey donors can donate at the Paramus donor center, 970 Linwood Avenue West, on Sunday, 8a.m. to 2 p.m.; Monday, Wednesday or Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Tuesday or Thursday, 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.; or Saturday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Or they can donate at the Lincoln Park donor center, 63 Beaverbrook Road, Suite 304, on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday, 12 noon to 7:30 p.m. or on Saturday, 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

New York donors can donate at the New Windsor donor center, 575 Beaverbrook Road, Suite 206 on Tuesday or Wednesday, 1 to 7 p.m. or on Saturday, 8 a.m. to 12 noon.

Donors can click here or call toll free 866-228-1500 to make an appointment to donate. Whole blood donations only are collected at the New Windsor donor center.

All blood types are currently needed to meet the needs of patients in the more than 20 hospitals Community Blood Services serves in New Jersey and New York, especially O negative which can be transfused to all patients and B negative, represented by only 2% of the population. AB male plasma donors also are continuously needed to meet the needs of trauma and burn victims.

Donors must be healthy, 17-75 years old (16 years old with parental consent) and weigh at least 110 pounds. Donors receive non-fasting glucose and cholesterol health screenings at the time of their donations.