One Blood Big Red Bus on Highlands Campus, Sept. 8 and 9

The OneBlood bloodmobile will be on the circle in front of the Business Office on the Highlands Campus on Monday, Sept. 8, and Tuesday, Sept. 9, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. All blood donors will receive a $20 e-gift card and a Support Squad t-shirt. Also, donors receive a wellness checkup, including blood pressure, temperature, iron count, pulse, and cholesterol screening. ID is required for the blood donation and screening.

Walk-ins are welcome; however, appointments are encouraged. To make an appointment to donate on Sept. 8 and 9, please visit: oneblood.org/donate-now. Use sponsor code: 9786.

According to OneBlood, these are the only a few of the many reasons to donate blood:

• Approximately 62% of the population is eligible to donate blood.
• Only 3% of those who are eligible actually donate blood.
• Blood is needed every two seconds.
• Approximately 41,000 units of blood are used each day in the United States.
• Since blood cannot be synthetically made, there is no substitute.