Blood Assurance is asking the community to stop by a local blood donor center or mobile blood drive as soon as possible to help replenish the universal blood supply. With donors travelling for spring break and continuing illnesses affecting community members' ability to donate, the organization critically needs help to supply local hospital patients with blood donations that are needed. Blood Assurance thanks the community for stepping up to meet the needs of hospitals across the region.
Presently, the organization needs all blood types, especially types O Negative and O Positive. Each donation of blood contains plasma, red blood cells and platelets that can be used to save lives of any age, including premature babies, oncology patients, trauma victims, surgery patients and many more. Patients undergoing surgery, receiving cancer treatment or organ transplants rely on donated blood, in addition to the unexpected traumas seen at hospitals on a daily basis.
As a thank you for donating blood, all donors will receive a Boy Scouts themed T-shirt. To be eligible to donate blood, participants must be at least 18 years old (17 and 16 years old with parental consent), weigh 110 pounds or more and be in good health. Donors are asked to drink plenty of fluids - avoiding caffeine - and eat a meal that is rich in iron prior to donating.
For more information on Blood Assurance, donating blood or hosting a blood drive, please visit www.bloodassurance.org, call 800-962-0628 or text BAGIVE to 444999.
Local Donor Centers:
Chattanooga - Main Office
705 East 4th Street
(423) 756-0966
Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m.-6 p.m.
Sat. 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
Gunbarrel Rd. (Chattanooga, TN)
1748 Gunbarrel Rd.
Suite 104
(423) 893-7454
Mon.-Fri. 9:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
1st/3rd Sat of every month 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
North River (Hixson, Tennessee)
1920 Northpoint Blvd., Suite A
(423) 876-5289
Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m.- 6 p.m.
Sat. 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia
2720 Lafayette Rd.
(706) 861-5983
Mon.-Fri. 9:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Sat. 9 a.m.- 1 p.m.
Cleveland, Tennessee
201 Keith Street SW
Suite 19
(423) 476-3201
Mon.-Fri. 9:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Sat. 9 a.m.- 1 p.m.
Athens, Tennessee
213 E Washington Ave
Suite 104
(423) 252-0661
Mon.-Fri. 9:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
1st Sat of every month 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
Dalton, Georgia
785 Shugart Rd.
Suite 5
(706) 226-7735
Mon.-Fri. 9:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Sat. 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.