Give the Gift of Life: Blood Drives This Week in Central Maine (March 16-20, 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 16

Department of Labor Augusta, 45 Commerce Drive, 118 State House Station, Augusta, 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Searsport Town Hall, 1 Union St, Searsport, 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM

• March 17

Dept of Transportation Augusta, 24 Child Street, Augusta, 7:00 AM – 12:00 PM

• March 18

FHC Inc., 1201 Main Street, Bowdoin, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Pineland Farms, 59 Pineland Drive, New Gloucester, 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM

• March 19

Ice Vault of Maine, 203 Whitten Road, Hallowell, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Sebasticook Valley Hospital, 447 No. Main Street, Pittsfield, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Mount Abram High School, 1315 Salem Road, Strong, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM

• March 20

Waldoboro VFW Hall, 50 Mill Street, Waldoboro, 1:00 PM – 6:00 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)