Give the Gift of Life: Blood Drives This Week in Central Maine (April 15-19, 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:

• April 15

Knights of Columbus, Middle Street, Bath, 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM

• April 16

Maine Army National Guard Drill Deck, Western Avenue, Augusta, 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM

• April 17

Belfast Masonic Lodge, 20 Northport Ave., Belfast, 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM

• April 18

Masonic Hall, 361 Main St., Rockport, 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM

• April 19

Gardiner Lions Club, 10 Lions Avenue, Gardiner, 11:00 AM – 4:00 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)