Blood Drive on December 6

Brown County Regional Healthcare to Host Community Blood Drive

All donors entered to win a 42” Plasma HDTV!

On Thursday, December 6, 2007 Brown County Regional Healthcare will host a community blood drive. The blood drive will be held in the Community Education Room from 1:00 PM to 6:30 PM.

For the second year in a row, Entertainment Solutions and Hoxworth have partnered together to help prevent blood shortages during the month of December.

Donate blood or platelets at any Hoxworth blood drive or donor center between December 1-31, 2007 and all donors will be automatically entered into a raffle to win a LG 42" Plasma HDTV from Entertainment Solutions.

No registration or entry forms are necessary to win. Your donation is your entry. One donor will be picked at random and will be contacted by Hoxworth after January 1, 2007. (Model #: 42PC5D; retail value: $1200)

Appointments to donate blood are recommended. Please contact Teri Baumann at 378-7712 to schedule.

Donors may also double their donation! The “Double Red” machines will be at this blood drive. Double Red Cell donation allows donors to give twice the number of red blood cells all in one easy donation. Double Red donations take approximately 20 minutes longer than traditional donations and donors are asked to please plan ahead. For more information on this type of donation and to join our double-red donor frequency program please visit www.hoxworth.org/donate_double_red.htm.

The minimum requirements to give blood are:

•Age: At least 17 years old and in good general health. There is no upper age limit.
•Weight: Minimum of 110 pounds.
•Identification: Must provide photo I.D.
•Food: Eat a good meal a minimum of four hours before giving.
•Drink: Drink plenty of water or juice before and after donating.

Please visit http://www.hoxworth.org/donate_blood_faq.htm for a full list of requirements.

About Hoxworth Blood Center:
Hoxworth Blood Center, University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center needs to collect from 350 volunteer blood donors and 40 volunteer platelet donors each day to keep up with the demands of tri-state hospitals and their patients. Hoxworth, founded in 1938, serves 28 hospitals in 17 counties in Southwestern Ohio, Northern Kentucky and Southeastern Indiana. Annually, Hoxworth collects almost 90,000 units of blood from local volunteer donors.

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