Jamestown blooddonation2 (CSi) — United Blood Services announces a community blood drive to stock hospital shelves for this year’s flu season. During the fall and winter flu season, we encourage healthy people to keep their donation appointments since many regular donors find themselves fighting the flu bug themselves.

If you are feeling well, we encourage you to donate at the JRMC community blood drive. This is also a perfect time of year for “first time donors” to help patients who are counting on a volunteer like you to provide the lifesaving blood that they need. Your donation will make a difference for those who are fighting cancer, having a surgery, or facing an emergency.

 

The next opportunity to donate blood in your community will be on December 1st at Jamestown Regional Medical Center from 9:30am to 2:30pm. Contact Katie Mittleider at (701) 952-4814 to make an appointment

 

If you have received the flu shot there’s no impact on your ability to donate blood, you can receive the shot and donate blood that same day.

 

To save time, donors can now fill out their Health History Questionnaire online at

www.unitedbloodservices.org the day of their donation. To donate blood, volunteers must be at least 16 years old (16 year old donors need a minor donor permit which is available online) and be in good health.

About Jamestown Regional Medical Center

Jamestown Regional Medical Center is a 25-bed, critical access hospital located at 2422 20th St. SW, Jamestown, ND. For more information on services at JRMC, visit www.jrmcnd.com or call 701-952-1050.

About United Blood Services

United Blood Services of the Dakotas has offices in Bismarck, Fargo, Minot ND, Aberdeen, Mitchell, Rapid City SD, Casper and Cheyenne WY collecting more than 150,000 blood products each year to help save the lives of patients in 108 area hospitals. Together these centers are part of the national United Blood Services network, which helps save and sustain the lives of patients in 22 states.