Bloodmobile on November 24

Visitation and St. Thomas Academy’s students will co-sponsor a Red Cross Bloodmobile on Tuesday, November 24. The Bloodmobile will be held in Visitation’s gym from 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

All eligible students, parents, families, faculty, and staff are encouraged to donate blood in order to help achieve the goal of 90 donors. Donors must be at least 17 years of age and weigh at least 110 lbs. Donors are encouraged to eat iron-rich foods prior to donating blood.

For additional information or to make an appointment for donation, please call JoAnne Geiser at 651-683-1708.

Some interesting facts about blood donation follow:

• Every two seconds, someone in America needs blood

• Only five percent of the eligible population donates blood

• There is no substitute for blood-it cannot be manufactured

• On an average day, 38,000 units of red cells are needed

• Most donors donate 1-2 x a year (you can donate 6x yearly)

• Someone you know may need blood someday