The Peru Gazette

Area businesses, organizations and donors integral to maintaining adequate blood supply 

Plattsburgh, NY – With the tremendous support of many area businesses and organizations, the Adirondack Blood Center, a program of the University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH) has planned several blood drives in September in support of its mission to maintain an adequate blood supply for the North Country. 

Patients at CVPH, Alice Hyde Medical Center in Malone, Elizabethtown Community Hospital (including Ticonderoga) and Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake benefit from the generous donations collected at these drives and at the Adirondack Regional Blood Donor Center. The donor center is located at 85 Plaza Blvd. and is open Monday through Friday from 8 am to 4 pm. Walk ins are welcome. 

“Every donation of blood to our program makes a life-saving difference to patients – people who are our friends and neighbors – in the North Country,” explained Laboratory Manager Shannon Nutbrown.

The Sept. schedule is as follows: 

• Tues., Sept. 2, Brushton-Moira American Legion, 26 Sayles Rd., Moira, 4 to 7 pm
• Wed., Sept. 3, Essex County Sheriff’s Department 702 Stowersville Rd., Lewis,
  1 to 4 pm
• Thurs. Sept. 4, North Country Community College, Ticonderoga Campus,
  11 Hawkeye Trail, Ticonderoga, 11am to 3 pm
• Monday Sept. 8, St. Augustine Parish Center, 3035 Main St., Peru, 3 to 6:30 pm
• Tues. Sept. 9, American Legion Chateaugay, Route 11, Chateaugay, 4 to 7 pm
• Wed. Sept. 10, Alice Hyde Medical Center, 133 Park St., Malone, 11 am to 3 pm
• Thurs. Sept. 11, Beekmantown Fire Department, 6978 Route 22, West Chazy, 4 to 7 pm
• Tues.  Sept. 16, St. Edmunds Church Hall, Route 11, Ellenburg Depot, 4 to 7 pm
• Wed. Sept. 17, Franklin County Court House, 355 West Main St., Malone, 10 am to 1pm
• Thurs. Sept. 18, Cumberland 12 Cinemas, 18 North Bowl Lane, 4 to 8 pm
• Mon. Sept. 22, West Chazy Fire Department, Route 22, West Chazy, 4 to 7 pm
• Tues Sept. 23, St. Lawrence County Human Services Center, 80 Highway 310, Canton, noon to 3 pm
• Wed. Sept. 24, FCI Ray Brook, 128 Ray Brook Rd., Ray Brook, 12:30 to 4 pm
• Thurs. Sept. 25, Altona Fire Department, Devils Den Road, Altona, 4:30 to 8:30 pm
• Fri., Sept. 26, Clinton County Government Center, First Floor Meeting Room, 8:30 am to 12:30 pm
• Mon., Sept. 29, CVPH, Medical Arts Building, 3rd Floor Meeting Room, 214 Cornelia St., 7 am to noon
• Tues., Sept. 30, Malone Callfiremen Station, 37 Finney Blvd., Malone, 2 to 6 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 Regional Blood Center, giving blood and becoming a sponsor at UVMHealth.org/GiveBlood or call 518-562-7406.