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Editor’s Note – the next donor drive in Peru is Monday, May 16th at St. Augustine’s Parish Center.

PLATTSBURGH, NY (04/04/2022) –The Adirondack Regional Blood Center, a program of the University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH), is conducting several blood drives open to the community this month and asks all eligible donors to consider donating.

Here are several opportunities to give blood:

• Tuesday, April 5, Brushton-Moira American Legion Post #939, 4 to 7 p.m.
• Thursday, April 7, Holy Name Church Center, AuSable Forks, hosted by AuSable Knights of Columbus, 4 to 7 p.m.
• Friday, April 8, Clinton County Government Center, 8:30am to 12:30pm
• Monday, April 11, Franklin County Sheriff’s Department, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Tuesday, April 12, Ellenburg Knights of Columbus, 2 to 6 p.m.
• Wednesday, April 13, Hudson Headwaters North, Champlain, 3 to 6 p.m.
• Tuesday, April 19, Morrisonville Ambulance Service, 4 to 7 p.m.
• Wednesday, April 20, Keene Fire Department, 3 to 6 p.m.
• Friday, April 22, Lowes Plattsburgh, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Monday, April 25, Adirondack Medical Center Redfield Room, Noon to 4 p.m.
• Tuesday, April 26, Chateaugay American Legion, hosted by Sons of the American Legion, 4 to 7 p.m.
• Wednesday, April 27, Chazy American Legion, 4 to 7 p.m.
• Thursday, April 28, Elizabethtown Community Hospital, Ticonderoga Campus, 1 to 4 p.m.

Blood donors are registered electronically and should have their donor card or another form of identification with them to donate. To protect the safety of the donors and the donor team during a community drive, a number of safety measures are in place. Donors undergo a COVID -19 screening and phlebotomists limit close contact while still providing exceptional care. Phlebotomists and donors are masked and cots are placed an appropriate distance apart.

The Donor Center at 85 Plaza Blvd, is open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Blood collected by the Adirondack Regional Blood Center stays in the North Country, helping hundreds of people in this region. Its success rests on the generosity of donors and sponsors.

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

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Russell Gadway

Bill Stickney

Hope Costin watches over Bill’s apheresis donation

Plattsburgh – April 1, 2022 – Dependable and giving are words that the Adirondack regional Blood Donor Center staff would describe Bill Stickney and Russell Gadway. As they have done for over 20 years, the two men arrived at the donor center on the 1st Friday at 8 a.m. to make an apheresis donation. However, today is unique; it marks both men’s 200th donation. 

Apheresis separates the blood into its components – platelets, red blood cells, and plasma. Why is that important? A cancer patient can require two units of platelets a week. A car accident victim could use up to 50 red blood cell units, two platelets units, and ten units of platelets. 

The donation process takes about an hour, it’s virtually painless, and neither Bill nor Russell report any side effects. They say the friendly, humorous Donor Center staff makes the one-hour enjoyable. Nancy Roberts and Hope Costin have many years of experience, making the process very easy. 

Both Bill Stickney and Russell Gadway began donating while working at Harris Graphics in Champlain. Like many community-minded employers, Harris invited the Blood Donor Center staff into the plant and gave employees the time off to make donations. Bill and Russell continued to donate after the plant closed. 

The generosity and commitment of all the local donators have saved hundreds of lives. The Donor Center collects at the center and at blood drives throughout the region – provides more than 95% of the blood used at CVPH and is used to supply other hospitals in Elizabethtown, Malone, Massena, Saranac Lake and Glens Falls.