Give the Gift of Life: Blood Drives This Week in Central Maine (March 3-8, 2015)

Are you giving blood this week? It takes just a little amount of time and your donation is crucial to the American Red Cross. Did you know that 1 pint can save up to 3 lives? Every two seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood and more than 41,000 blood donations are needed every day. Let's do our part.

Here is where you can donate this week:

• March 3

Thomas College, 180 West River Road, Waterville, 10:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Murray Hall, 69 Main Street, Livermore Falls, 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM

• March 4

Buckfield High School, 160 Morrill Street, Buckfield, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Carrabec High School, 160 North Main Street, North Anson, 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM

• March 5

Erskine Academy, 309 Windsor Road, South China, 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM
YMCA, 261 Townsend Avenue, Route 27, Boothbay, 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM

• March 6

MaineGeneral Medical Center, 35 Medical Center Parkway, Augusta, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Messalonskee High School, 131 Messalonskee Drive, Oakland, 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM

You can also donate daily at the Central Maine Medical Center Blood Donation Center in Lewiston from 11:45am-7pm.

To make a blood donation appointment, please call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767)