AROUND THE JERSEY SHORE Upcoming Monmouth County Blood Drives

MONMOUTH COUNTY – New Jersey

Blood Services, a division of New York

Blood Center would like to announce that it is conducting blood drives in your area which are open to the public. The following drives are scheduled next month:

June 1: Howell Donor Center, 4068 Route 9 South, Howell; 1:30 to 8:30 p.m.

June 6: Howell Donor Center, 4068 Route 9 South, Howell; 1:30 to 8:30 p.m.

June 7: Howell Donor Center, 4068 Route 9 South, Howell; 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

June 8: Howell Donor Center, 4068 Route 9 South, Howell; 1:30 to 8:30 p.m.

June 13: Howell Donor Center, 4068 Route 9 South, Howell; 1:30 to 8:30 p.m.

June 14: Howell Donor Center, 4068

Route 9 South, Howell; 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

June 15: Howell Donor Center, 4068 Route 9 South, Howell; 1:30 to 8:30 p.m.

June 20: Howell Donor Center, 4068 Route 9 South, Howell; 1:30 to 8:30 p.m.

June 21: West Long Branch Community Center, West Long Branch; 12:30 to 6:30 p.m.

June 21: Howell Donor Center, 4068 Route 9 South, Howell; 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

June 22: Howell Donor Center, 4068 Route 9 South, Howell; 1:30 to 8:30 p.m.

June 23: King of Kings Lutheran Church, 250 Harmony Rd, Middletown; 12:30 to 6:30 p.m.

June 23: Monmouth County Court House, 71 Monument Street, Freehold; 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

June 26: North Centerville Volunteer Fire Co. #1, 372 Middle Rd., Hazlet; 1 to 7 p.m.

June 27: Lincroft Bible Church, 790 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft; 1 to 7 p.m.

June 27: JCC Jersey Shore, Deal; 1 to 7 p.m.

June 27: Howell Donor Center, 4068 Route 9 South, Howell; 1:30 to 8:30 p.m.

June 28: Howell Donor Center, 4068 Route 9 South, Howell; 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

June 29: Howell Donor Center, 4068 Route 9 South, Howell; 1:30 to 8:30 p.m.

June 30: Colts Neck Reformed Church, 139 Route 537, Colts Neck; 12:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Blood products have a short shelf life – from five to 42 days, so constant replenishment is necessary. Each day there are patients who depend on the transfusion of red blood cells, platelets and plasma to stay alive. But blood and blood products can’t be manufactured. They can only come from volunteer blood donors who take an hour to attend a blood drive or visit a donor center. Any company, community organization, place of worship, or individual may host a blood drive. NYBC also offers special community service scholarships for students who organize community blood drives during summer months. Blood donors receive free mini-medical exams on site including information about their temperature, blood pressure and hematocrit level. Eligible donors include those people at least age 16 (with parental permission or consent), who weigh a minimum of 110 pounds, are in good health and meet all Food & Drug Administration and NY or NJ State Department of Health donor criteria. People over 75 may donate with a doctor’s note.

To donate blood or for information on how to organize a blood drive, call 1-800-9332566 or visit nybloodcenter.org.