The Peru Gazette

Adk. Blood Center offers several April opportunities to give 

Plattsburgh, NY – Blood donations to the Adirondack Blood Center, a program of the University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH) make a lifesaving difference for patients across the North Country by ensuring a steady and reliable supply of blood for local surgeries, emergency care and ongoing medical treatments.

Patients at the Plattsburgh hospital, its northern New York health system partners, Alice Hyde Medical Center in Malone and Elizabethtown Community Hospital (including Ticonderoga) along with the Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake benefit from the generous donations collected and processed by this team of health care professionals. Drives sponsored by local community groups, businesses and organizations are the backbone of the Donor Center’s success.

The April schedule is as follows:

• Wednesday, April 1:  Alice Hyde Medical Center, 133 Park St., Malone, 11 am – 3 pm
• Thursday, April 2: Lowes, 39 Centre Dr., 10 am – 2 pm
• Wednesday, April 8: FCI Ray Brook, 128 Ray Brook Road, Ray Brook, 1:30 – 4 pm
• Thursday, April 9: Beekmantown Fire Department, 9678 Route 22, West Chazy, 4 -7 pm
• Friday, April 10: Clinton County Government Center, First Floor Meeting Room, 137 Margaret St., 8:30 am -12:30 pm
• Tuesday, April 14: North Country Community College, 23 Santanoni Drive, Saranac Lake, 10 am – 2 pm
• Thursday, April 16: Cumberland 12 Cinemas, 18 North Bowl Lane, 4 – 8 pm
• Friday, April 17: Medisca, 626 Tom Miller Road, Plattsburgh, 1 – 4 pm
• Monday, April 20: Chateaugay American Legion, 80 W. Main St., Chateaugay, 4 – 8 pm; sponsored by Sons of the American Legion
• Thursday, April 23: Saranac Lake EMS Rescue, 110 Broadway, Saranac Lake, 4 – 8 pm
• Monday, April 27: Essex Fire Department, 2659 Station Road, Essex, 4-7 pm; co-sponsored by the Masonic Lodge
• Tuesday, April 28: Northeastern Clinton Central School, 103 Route 276, Champlain, 10 am-2 pm
• Wednesday, April 29: Chazy American Legion, 9509 Route 9, Chazy, 4-7 pm
• Thursday, April 30: Holy Name Church, 10 Church Lane, AuSable Forks, 4-7 pm; sponsored by the Knights of Columbus

The Donor Center, located at 85 Plaza Blvd., welcomes walk ins and is open Monday through Friday from 8 am to 4 pm.

Blood donors must be at least 16 years-old (16- and 17-year-old donors must have written parental/guardian consent), in general good health and weigh at least 110 lbs. A screening questionnaire addressing personal medical, social and travel history is completed prior to donating and a donor card or another form of valid identification is also required. Donors must wait 56 days between donations.

Learn more about the Adirondack Blood Center, giving blood and becoming a sponsor at UVMHealth.org/GiveBlood or call 518-562-7406.