Blood Drives

The Red Cross does not collect blood in Colorado because other organizations have historically done a great job of it. However, other areas around the nation are in low supply.

Red Cross Holds $1K Gas Card Drawing To Spur Blood Donations (KNBC 4 TV, Aug. 1, 2006)
"LOS ANGELES -- The American Red Cross is conducting a blood drive with an incentive -- a chance to win a $1,000 gift card for gasoline."

Red Cross Said Blood Supply Level Critically Low (WCSH 6 TV, Aug. 1, 2006)
"The Red Cross is asking people to roll up their sleeves and donate a pint of blood this summer. Summer is always a slow time for blood donations, but the Red Cross says this year is particularly tough."

Red Cross holds several blood drives (Daily Journal, Aug. 1, 2006)
"The urgent appeal for blood is over but the need for blood is always there, according to the American Red Cross Missouri-Illinois Blood Services Region."

Red Cross blood supply is critical (The Messenger, Aug. 2, 2006)
"An American Red Cross blood drive in Troy today will help ease a critical shortage in the state's blood supply.

"The Red Cross issued an appeal on July 5 for the Alabama and Gulf Coast regions, which means the blood supply in those areas has dropped to dangerously low levels and patients who need blood may not get it."