The Peru Gazette

Patients from area hospitals benefit every donation collected 

Plattsburgh, NY –Every unit of donated blood can help up to three North Country residents and the Adirondack Blood Donor Center is calling on the community to join them in supporting the health and wellbeing of their family, friends and neighbors by donating or sponsoring blood drive.

Patients at Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital, Alice Hyde Medical Center in Malone and Elizabethtown Community Hospital (including Ticonderoga) along with the Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake benefit from the donations collected at drives conducted by the Blood Donor Center team and sponsored by community groups and local businesses. Donors can also donate at the Donor Center, located at 85 Plaza Blvd. and open Monday through Friday from 8 am to 4 pm.

The schedule of community blood drives in November is as follows:

• Monday, Nov. 3, at the Comfort Inn, Route 3 and sponsored by the Plattsburgh Lions Club, 3 to 6 pm.
• Wednesday, Nov. 5, Beekmantown High School, 37 Eagle Way, West Chazy 10 am to 2 pm.
• Thursday, Nov. 6 at the Elizabethtown Fire Department, 22 Woodruff Lane, Elizabethtown and sponsored by the American Legion, 3 to 6 pm.
• Monday, Nov.10, Willsboro Fire Department, 1 Point Rd., Willsboro, 3 to 6 pm.
• Tuesday, Nov.11, Brushton-Moira American Legion, 26 Sayles Rd., Moira, 4 to 7 pm.
• Wednesday, Nov.12, North Country Community College, Saranac Lake Campus, 23 Santanoni Ave., 10 am to 2 pm.
• Thursday, Nov.13, Beekmantown Fire Department, Route 22, West Chazy, 4 to 7 pm.
• Friday, Nov.14, Shipman Youth Center, 61 Cummings Rd., Lake Placid and sponsored by Lake Placid High School,10 am to 2 pm.
• Monday, Nov. 17, St. Augustine Parish Center, Route 22, Peru, and sponsored by Knights of Columbus, 3 to 6 pm.
• Tuesday, Nov.18, St. Edmunds Church Hall, Route 11, Ellenburg Depot and sponsored by the Knights of Columbus, 4 to 7 pm.
• Wednesday, Nov.19, Alice Hyde Medical Center, 133 Park St., Malone, 11 am to 3 pm.
• Thursday, Nov. 20, Cumberland 12 Cinemas, 18 North Bowl Lane, 4 to 8 pm.
• Monday, Nov. 24, West Chazy Fire Department Route 22, West Chazy, 4 to 7 pm.
• Tuesday, Nov.  25, Chateaugay American Legion, Route 11, Chateaugay, 4 to 7 pm.
• Friday, Nov.  28, Miner Medical Arts Building, 3^rd Floor Conference Rooms, CVPH Campus, 214 Cornelia St.,10 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.