Give the Gift of Life: Blood Drives This Week in Central Maine (May 11 – May 17, 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:

• May 11

Farrington Elem School, 249 Eastern Ave., Augusta, 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Madison Elementary School, 43 Learners Ln., Madison, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM

• May 12

American Legion, 10 Congress Street, Bath, 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM

• May 13

Windsor School, 366 Ridge Road, Windsor, 1:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Mount Blue Middle School, 269 Middle St., Farmington, 2:00 PM – 7:00 PM

• May 14

Ice Vault of Maine, 203 Whitten Road, Hallowell, 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Medomak Valley High School, 320 Manktown Road, Waldoboro, 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Boothbay Region High School, 236 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor, 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Sebasticook Valley Elks Lodge, 26 Middle Street, Pittsfield, 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM

• May 15

Auburn Mall, 550 Center Street, Auburn, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM

• May 16

Wiscasset Town Office, 51 Bath Road, Wiscasset, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

• May 18

First Congregational Church, 55 Elm St, Camden, 12:30 PM – 5:30 PM

• May 19

O&P Glass, 140 Capitol Street, Augusta, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Boys and Girls Club, 126 North Street, Waterville, 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM

• May 20

FHC Inc., 1201 Main Street, Bowdoin, 12:00 PM – 5:00 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)