The Rhode Island Blood Center needs our help:
We are officially announcing a blood emergency. There is currently a severe national shortage of blood and blood products. As the demand for blood increases due to hospitals resuming surgeries and increased traumas during the summer months, we are struggling to keep up. Due to COVID-19, we are still unable to host the volume of blood drives needed to support our needs—there have been 70% fewer blood drives than in the year prior to the pandemic, and 50% fewer donors between the ages of 17-24.
We need your help NOW to ensure that hospital patients are able to receive the lifesaving products they rely on.
Yes, you can donate if you got the Covid vaccination.
RI Blood Center, 405 Promenade Street, (directions), 401.453.8383