Opportunities to donate blood coming to Grays Harbor as American Red Cross looks to avoid shortage

Opportunities to donate blood are coming to Grays Harbor as the American Red Cross looks to avoid a shortage by filling missing blood types.

The Red Cross is urging donors of all blood types to give now to help prevent delays in medical care this summer.

The American Red Cross’s Missing Types campaign is raising awareness of the need for more blood donors.

While thousands of blood donors have answered the call to fill the Missing Types, including types A, B, and O, more donors are needed now to help ensure patients don’t have to wait for blood products. 

The American Red Cross says that during the summer, especially around holidays like Independence Day, donations often don’t keep pace with patient needs. Make an appointment to donate blood by downloading the free Red Cross Blood Donor App, visiting RedCrossBlood.org or calling 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767).

Upcoming blood donation opportunities through July 15:

Grays Harbor:

Aberdeen

7/8/2019: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., South Shore Mall, 1017 S. Boone St.

7/10/2019: 1:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m., VFW Post 224, 105 E Heron St

Hoquiam

7/11/2019: 1 p.m. – 6 p.m., Elks Lodge Hoquiam, 624 K Street

Montesano

7/9/2019: 1:30 p.m. – 7 p.m., Church of God, 317 Spruce East

Ocean Shores

7/12/2019: 2 p.m. – 7 p.m., Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Ocean Shores, 228 Albatross

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King County:

Seattle

6/24/2019: 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., American Red Cross Seattle Chapter, 1900 25th Ave S

6/25/2019: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., SRG Partnership Inc, 110 Union Street, Ste 300

Shoreline

7/1/2019: 9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., Seattle Scottish Rite, 1207 N 152nd St

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Kitsap County:

Silverdale

6/27/2019: 1 p.m. – 6 p.m., Kitsap Mall, 10315 Silverdale Way NW

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Lewis County:

Chehalis

7/2/2019: 1 p.m. – 6 p.m., Westminster Presbyterian Church, 128 NW Prindle ST, PO Box 710

7/11/2019: 1 p.m. – 6 p.m., LDS – Chehalis Ward, 2195 Jackson Highway

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Pierce County:

Tacoma

6/28/2019: 1 p.m. – 6 p.m., American Red Cross Tacoma, 1235 S. Tacoma Way

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Snohomish County:

Everett

6/27/2019: 1 p.m. – 6 p.m., American Red Cross – Everett Chapter, 2530 Lombard Ave

Tulalip

6/29/2019: 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., Cabela’s Marysville, 9810 Quil Ceda Blvd

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Thurston County:

Olympia

6/26/2019: 1 p.m. – 6 p.m., Capital Mall, 625 Black Lake Blvd

Tumwater

6/28/2019: 1 p.m. – 6 p.m., Littlerock Family Medicine, 6981 Littlerock Rd SW, Ste 101