The Bonfils Blood Center will host a two-day campus blood drive Feb. 17 and 18 in University Center 116.
UCCS faculty, staff and students interested in donating blood or registering as bone marrow donors can stop by between 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. For more information about blood donation requirements or to set an appointment, call (800) 365-0006 or visit www.bonfils.org and use site code A390. Walk-in donations will be accepted. Donors are encouraged to be well-hydrated and to have recently eaten.
This is the second blood drive of the semester after Bonfils hosted an emergency collection on Jan. 27.
“Their inventory was critically low in several blood types and they came to us for help,” Ida Dilwood, director, Office of Disability Services, and co-chair of this year’s blood drive, said. “We were able to say ‘yes’ on short notice and get a room. The campus really came through for our community.”
According to Dilwood, individuals who donated on Jan. 27 are unable to donate again in February. Donors must wait 56 days between donations
In 2013, UCCS donated 331 pints during seven blood drives, enough to potentially save the lives of 993 patients.
For more information, contact Dilwood at (719) 255-3653.
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