Critical Shortage

The local blood shortage affecting the region turned critical again over night with extremely heavy usage of type O Positive blood. Levels had come up last week after hitting 5 year lows but now are dropping and officials are very concerned about the upcoming holiday weekend. The Fourth of July weekend is usually one of the three worst weekends of the year for blood usage.
The blood bank is closed on Friday for the holiday but will be back open Saturday from 9am to 12:30pm. No appointment is needed to save a life.

Count Down to the DTV Conversion

With only about 6 months left until the DTV conversion in February 2009 many people are asking are you ready?   The best way to get ready is to give blood! All donors during the month of July will automatically be entered to win a beautiful 42" High Definition Plasma TV that is DTV ready.  JET TV 24 and yourerie.com generously donated this TV to help save lives locally.

This contest runs July 1st through July 31st and is intended to help the blood bank maintain a safe blood supply during the middle of summer, which is the hardest time of the year for the blood supply.  The Community Blood Bank has been struggling with a blood shortage for 2 weeks and officials hope this promotion will help end it.

"This TV is big and beautiful and could be in your family room for a hassle free way to handle the DTV conversion in February!"  said Dan Desrochers, Director of Marketing at the blood bank "We need lots of donors to make it safely through July, and we hope this TV from JET TV 24 does the trick!" 

For the week of June 23rd - June 28th

The Great Gas Give Away

Country Fair has stepped up to help with the local blood shortage by donating  55 $20 gas cards to be given at random to blood donors all this week at the Community Blood Bank's fixed site at 26th and Peach in Erie.

The Great Gas Give Away encourages people to come and give blood to the Community Blood Bank to help end the local blood shortage. Country Fair made this tremendous donation because they know the importance of keeping the blood supply safe.

Starting today, 10 donors will be chosen at random each day to win a gas card when they sign up to save a life. And 5 will be given on Saturday!

"We are so grateful for Country Fair's generosity." Said Dan Desrochers, Director of Marketing at the blood bank, "So drive on down, top off the blood supply and maybe get a gas card from Country Fair to top off your tank!"

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