CARBONDALE, IL (April 10, 2014) -- SIU Credit Union, with the assistance of The American Red Cross, will host a community blood drive on Thursday, April 24. The event takes place between 10 a.m. – 2 p.m in the parking lot of SIU Credit Union’s Giant City Road branch near Kroger in Carbondale, located at 395 N. Giant City Road. Your donation helps save lives and supplies the needs of our community and countless more.
For more information or to make an appointment, call 1-800-RED-CROSS or visit www.redcrossblood.org.
Blood Donation Facts:
- Every two seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood.
- More than 41,000 blood donations are needed every day.
- Although an estimated 38% of the U.S. population is eligible to donate, less than 10% actually do each year.
- Blood donation is a simple four-step process: registration, medical history and mini-physical, donation and refreshments.
- The actual blood donation typically takes less than 10-12 minutes. The entire process, from the time you arrive to the time you leave, takes about an hour and 15 min.
Source: http://www.redcrossblood.org/learn-about-blood/blood-facts-and-statistics
SIU Credit Union is a not-for-profit financial institution with six locations in Carbondale, Marion, Energy, Metropolis and Harrisburg. Membership is open to anyone living or working in Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Perry, Marion, Randolph, Saline, Massac, Union, or Williamson counties in Illinois. Federally insured by NCUA. Equal Housing Lender. For more information, visit www.siucu.org.