Red Cross: Blood donors needed to keep supply strong amid COVID-19 outbreak
MILWAUKEE -- The American Red Cross is asking for healthy individuals to step up to help patients experiencing health crises by donating blood or platelets.
As COVID-19 continues to affect everyday life, people may not be thinking about blood donation. But blood and platelets are needed daily to help patients battling disease and facing the unexpected, according to the Red Cross.
How to help
Healthy individuals who are feeling well are asked to make an appointment to donate this May by downloading the free Red Cross Blood Donor App, visiting RedCrossBlood.org, calling 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or enabling the Blood Donor Skill on any Alexa Echo device. Donors are asked to schedule an appointment prior to arriving at the drive and are required to wear a face covering or mask while at the drive, in alignment with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention public guidance.
Each Red Cross blood drive and donation center follows the highest standards of safety and infection control, and additional precautions – including social distancing and face coverings for donors and staff – have been implemented to safeguard donors, volunteers and employees.
The Red Cross is also looking for blood drive hosts to help ensure a stable blood supply. Learn more and sign up to sponsor a drive by visiting RedCrossBlood.org/HostADrive.
Upcoming blood donation opportunities May 15-31:
Dodge
Beaver Dam
Fox Lake
Horicon
Juneau
Lomira
Mayville
Randolph
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Fond du Lac
Campbellsport
Fond du Lac
Mount Calvary
Rosendale
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Jefferson
Fort Atkinson
Ixonia
Jefferson
Johnson Creek
Lake Mills
Watertown
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Milwaukee
Brown Deer
Franklin
Greendale
Milwaukee
River Hills
Shorewood
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Ozaukee
Cedarburg
Grafton
Port Washington
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Racine
Racine
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Sheboygan
Cedar Grove
Elkhart Lake
Plymouth
Random Lake
Sheboygan
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Walworth
East Troy
Elkhorn
Lake Geneva
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Washington
Germantown
Hartford
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Waukesha
Brookfield
Hartland
Menomonee Falls
Mukwonago
Muskego
New Berlin
Oconomowoc
Pewaukee
Sussex
Waukesha