Blood Drives in Central Maine: Give the Gift of Life, August 4 – August 11, 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:

• August 4

American Legion, 10 Carding Machine Road, Richmond, 1:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Town Hall, 13 School St., Bowdoinham, 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM

• August 5

T & B's Celebration Center, Madison Avenue, Skowhegan, 9:00 AM – 7:00 PM

• August 6

Kaplan University, 14 Marketplace Drive, Augusta, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Augusta Downtown Alliance, 295 Water Street, Augusta, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Belfast Masonic Lodge, 20 Northport Ave., Belfast, 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM

• August 7

MaineGeneral Medical Center, 35 Medical Center Parkway, Augusta, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Mechanics Savings, 664 Main Street, Lewiston, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

• August 8

Vienna Fire Station, Kimball Pond Road, Vienna, 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Town Hall, 1011 Wiscasset Rd., Boothbay, 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM

• August 9

Smitty's Cinema, 65 Topsham Fair Road, Topsham, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM

• August 10

Hilton Garden Inn, 14 Great Falls Plaza, Auburn, 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM

• August 11

Murray Hall, 69 Main Street, Livermore Falls, 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Mid-Coast Energy Systems, 33 Midcoast Road, Damariscotta, 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)