Blood drive to ease summer blood shortages being held at Van Cortlandt Jewish Center

Van Cortlandt Jewish Center 2019 Summer Blood Drive

  Help stop a potential blood emergency. The Van Cortlandt Jewish Center, 3880 Sedgwick Ave, Bronx, NY 10463 is having a Summer Blood Drive on Sunday, August 4, 2019 from 9:30 AM to 2:00pm in the game room. It is being run by the New York Blood Center.

The summer is always a time when blood banks are low on supplies. You can help by donating. Everyone that gets screened gets a $10 Dunkin’ gift card and high school students, 16 to 19 are eligible for an additional $15 gift card.

To sign up, please call Stu at 646-240-1279. You can also sign up through the form accessible via the VCJC website at https://vcjewishcenter.org/vcjc-blood-drive-august-4/ (https://donate.nybc.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/271054). Sign-ups are preferred, but walk-ins are always welcome.

Donor requirements are – Bring your donor card or ID with photo. Eat well and drink fluids before donating. You must be at least 16 to donate and between 16 and 18 you must have a parental permission on NYBC form. Donors over 76 need a doctor’s note, unless NYBC has a previous note and your health status has not changed. You cannot have had a new tattoo in the past 12 months, unless the tattoo was done in NJ. The minimum weight is 110 pounds.