Blood donations picked up slightly in Iowa this month after the American Red Cross issued an emergency appeal. Samantha Pollard, at the agency’s Omaha-Council Bluffs office, says that plea brought more donors, but there’s still a desperate need for blood.
Donating takes about 45 minutes to an hour and giving a single pint of blood may help save the lives of as many as three hospital patients. All blood types are welcome.
Appointments to donate blood can be made by logging on to redcrossblood.org, by calling 800-Red-Cross or by downloading the Red Cross Blood app.
