The Peru Gazette

CVPH program encourages all those who are eligible to donate in the New Year 

Peru drive Monday, January 29 

PLATTSBURGH, NY (12/28/2023) – The Adirondack Regional Blood Center, a program of the University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH) encourages all those who are eligible, to kick off the New Year by donating blood at one of its January community drives or by dropping in at the Center, located at 85 Plaza Blvd.

To donate blood, potential donors must be at least 17 years-old (16 years-old with written parental/guardian consent), in generally good health and weigh at least 110 pounds. A screening questionnaire addressing personal medical, social and travel history must be completed prior to donating.  A donor card or another form of identification is also required. Donors must wait 56 days between donations.

The January blood drive schedule is as follows:

• Tuesday, January 2, West Chazy Fire Department, 4 to 7 p.m.
• Wednesday, January 3, Massena Memorial Hospital, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Friday, January 5, Curtis Lumber, Plattsburgh, 8 to 11 a.m.
• Monday, January 8, Willsboro Fire Department, 3 to 6 p.m.
• Thursday, January 11, Fort Covington Adult Center, 2 to 5 p.m.
• Monday, January 15, Champlain EMS Station, Route 11, 3 to 7 p.m.
• Tuesday, January 16, Miner Institute Chazy, 1 to 4 p.m.
• Wednesday, January 17, BHSN, Route 22B, Morrisonville, 1 to 4 p.m.
• Thursday, January 18, Elizabethtown Community Hospital, 1 to 4 p.m.
• Monday, January 22, Adirondack Medical Center, Redfield Room, Saranac Lake, noon to 4 p.m.
• Tuesday, January 16, Brushton-Moira American Legion, 4 to 7 p.m.
• Monday, January 29, St. Augustine Parish Center, Peru, 3 to 6:30 p.m.
• Tuesday, January 30, Malone Callfiremen Station, 2 to 6 p.m.
• Wednesday, January 31, Franklin Academy, Malone, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.