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GET HALLOWEEN READY BY DONATING BLOOD

Type O blood is in high demand. Photo courtesy of Vitalant

Blood donors can cross “save lives” and “find a Halloween costume” off their to-do list. Vitalant, one of the nation’s largest nonprofit blood and biotherapies healthcare organizations, and O-positive can help anyone with Rh-positive blood. Recent changes by the FDA now allow over 60% of the population to donate blood.
Upcoming Marin County community blood drives are Sept. 19 at Novato Community Hospital, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., and Sept. 26 at Novato Sports Basement, 12-4 p.m. Now through Oct. 5, all donors who make an appointment through the Vitalant app and donate will automatically receive an “Instant Halloween Costume”
T-shirt, redeemable through the online Donor Rewards program.

Download the Vitalant app to make an appointment, review recently updated eligibility requirements at vitalant.org or call 877-258-4825.

 

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