The Red Cross is asking for blood donors to step up in February.
Since the beginning of the year, widespread flu and inclement winter weather in some parts of the country have prevented many regular donors from making or keeping their blood donation appointments. Healthy and diverse blood donors are needed to help maintain a sufficient blood supply.
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Diversity among blood donors is important because red blood cells carry markers that determine one's blood type, and certain blood types are unique to specific racial and ethnic groups. Blood must be matched very closely for those patients with rare blood types or for those who need repeated transfusions. Patients are less likely to have complications from blood donated by someone with a similar ethnicity.
All blood types are needed, especially types O negative, A negative and B negative.
To learn more about donating blood and to schedule an appointment, download the Red Cross Blood Donor App, visit redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767).
Upcoming blood donation opportunities:
Macomb County
Armada
2/27/2015: 12:30 p.m. - 6:15 p.m., Armada Fire Department, 23175 Armada Center Road
Chesterfield
2/25/2015: 1 p.m. - 6:45 p.m., Anytime Fitness-Chesterfield, 27653 23 Mile Road
Clinton Township
2/19/2015: 9 a.m. - 2:45 p.m., Macomb Intermediate School District, 44001 Garfield Rd
Harrison Township
2/18/2015: 2 p.m. - 7:45 p.m., L'anse Creuse Middle School South, 34641 Jefferson
Mount Clemens
2/19/2015: 6:30 a.m. - 6:15 p.m., Mclaren Macomb, 1000 Harrington
2/20/2015: 6:30 a.m. - 6:15 p.m., Mclaren Macomb, 1000 Harrington
Saint Clair Shores
2/27/2015: 2 p.m. - 7:45 p.m., Ardmore Elementary School, 27001 Greater Mack
Shelby Township
2/23/2015: 1 p.m. - 6:45 p.m., King of Kings Lutheran Church, 47500 Schoenherr
Sterling Heights
2/16/2015: 1 p.m. - 6:45 p.m., Grace Christian Church, 33801 Van Dyke Avenue
2/20/2015: 9 a.m. - 2:45 p.m., Henry Ford Medical Center - Lakeside, 14500 Hall Rd
2/23/2015: 1 p.m. - 6:45 p.m., Freedom Christian Assembly of God, 41380 Ryan Road
2/27/2015: 12 p.m. - 4:45 p.m., Oakbrook Elementary School, 12060 Greenway
Utica
2/16/2015: 1:30 p.m. - 7:15 p.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, 45160 Van Dyke Avenue
Warren
2/19/2015: 9 a.m. - 2:45 p.m., Warren City Hall, One City Square
2/22/2015: 8:30 a.m. - 2:15 p.m., Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 30003 Ryan Road
2/25/2015: 8 a.m. - 1:45 p.m., Regina H.S., 13900 Masonic
2/26/2015: 7 a.m. - 6:45 p.m., St. John Macomb Oakland Hospital, 11800 East Twelve Mile Road
Oakland County
Beverly Hills
2/22/2015: 9 a.m. - 2:45 p.m., Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Church, 32346 Pierce Street
Bloomfield
2/27/2015: 8 a.m. - 1:45 p.m., Cranbrook High School/Kingswood Gym, 39221 Woodward
Clawson
2/20/2015: 1 p.m. - 6:45 p.m., Leon & Lulu, 96 West 14 Mile Road
Commerce Township
2/23/2015: 6:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m., DMC Huron Valley Sinai Hospital, One William Carls Drive
2/25/2015: 11 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., DMC Huron Valley Sinai Hospital, One William Carls Drive
2/25/2015: 3 p.m. - 8:45 p.m., Clifford Smart Middle School, 8500 Commerce Road
Farmington
2/17/2015: 9 a.m. - 2:45 p.m., Community Choice Credit Union, 31155 Northwestern Highway
2/25/2015: 1 p.m. - 6:45 p.m., Hillel Day School, 32200 Middlebelt Road
Farmington Hills
2/19/2015: 11 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Oakland Community College H Building, 27055 Orchard Lake Road
Ferndale
2/25/2015: 8 a.m. - 1:45 p.m., Ferndale High School, 881 Pinecrest
Lake Orion
2/25/2015: 11 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Knights of Columbus Council #4764, 1400 Orion Road
Novi
2/18/2015: 10 a.m. - 3:45 p.m., Crystal Glen Office Building Center, 39555 Orchard Hill Place, suite 125
Orion Township
2/23/2015: 2 p.m. - 7:45 p.m., Great Lakes Athletic Club, 3800 Baldwin Road
Oxford
2/20/2015: 1 p.m. - 6:45 p.m., Seymour Lake United Methodist Church, 3050 Sashabaw Road
Rochester
2/17/2015: 11:30 a.m. - 5:15 p.m., Crittenton Wellness Center/ OPC, C/O Crittenton Wellness Center, Attn: Cynthia McKenna
2/19/2015: 11 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Rochester Schools, 501 West University
2/20/2015: 1 p.m. - 6:45 p.m., St. Philip's Episcopal Church, 100 Romeo Street
2/26/2015: 12:30 p.m. - 6:15 p.m., Meadowbrook Christian Church, 2741 Walton Blvd.
Rochester Hills
2/20/2015: 9 a.m. - 2:45 p.m., Oakland University O'Dowd Hall, 2200 N Squirrel, William Beaumont Medical Bldg. Oakland University
2/24/2015: 11:30 a.m. - 5:15 p.m., Rochester College, SCU, 800 West Avon Road
Royal Oak
2/17/2015: 7 a.m. - 5:45 p.m., Beaumont Health System, 3601 West 13 Mile Road
2/18/2015: 7 a.m. - 12:45 p.m., Beaumont Health System, 3601 West 13 Mile Road
2/19/2015: 7 a.m. - 12:45 p.m., Beaumont Health System, 3601 West 13 Mile Road
South Lyon
2/21/2015: 8:30 a.m. - 2:15 p.m., Family Life Community Church, 62345 West Eight Mile Road
Southfield
2/17/2015: 10 a.m. - 3:45 p.m., Southfield Town Center, 4000 Town Center
2/18/2015: 9:30 a.m. - 3:15 p.m., IHS Automotive, 26533 Evergreen Road, 3rd Floor
Troy
2/18/2015: 2 p.m. - 7:45 p.m., Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints, 2784 E. Square Lake Road
2/20/2015: 1 p.m. - 6:45 p.m., Big Beaver United Methodist Church, 3753 John R. Road
Waterford
2/21/2015: 10 a.m. - 3:45 p.m., ABC Harley Davidson, 4405 Highland Road
2/24/2015: 1 p.m. - 6:45 p.m., Central United Methodist Church, 3882 Highland
2/26/2015: 2 p.m. - 7:45 p.m., Peace Lutheran of Waterford, 7390 Elizabeth Lake Road
Waterford Township
2/23/2015: 7:30 a.m. - 7:15 p.m., Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic Church, 5481 Dixie Highway
White Lake
2/27/2015: 7:30 a.m. - 1:15 p.m., Lakeland High School, 1630 Bogie Lake Rd
Saint Clair County
Algonac
2/24/2015: 1 p.m. - 6:45 p.m., Fred Quandt VFW Post # 3901, 1005 Pte. Tremble Road
East China
2/27/2015: 11 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., DTE St. Clair, 4901 Pointe Drive
Ira
2/26/2015: 7:30 a.m. - 1:15 p.m., Anchor Bay High School, 6319 County Line Road
Marysville
2/26/2015: 8 a.m. - 1:45 p.m., St. Clair Co. TEC, 499 Range Road
Saint Clair
2/25/2015: 2 p.m. - 7:45 p.m., St. Clair Middle School, 4335 Yankee Road
Washtenaw County
Ann Arbor
2/16/2015: 12 p.m. - 5:45 p.m., University of Michigan League, Michigan Union APO Service Org, 911 N. University
2/16/2015: 1 p.m. - 6:45 p.m., Zion Lutheran Church, 1501 West Liberty Street
2/16/2015: 2 p.m. - 7:45 p.m., U of M Michigan Union, MIchigan Union- Anderson Room, 530 South State Street
2/17/2015: 6 a.m. - 5:45 p.m., University of Michigan Hospital Towsley Center, 1500 East Medical Center Drive
2/17/2015: 12 p.m. - 5:45 p.m., University of Michigan League, Michigan Union APO Service Org, 911 N. University
2/17/2015: 12 p.m. - 5:45 p.m., Palmer Commons, Palmer Commons, 100 Washtenaw
2/17/2015: 2 p.m. - 7:45 p.m., U of M Michigan Union, MIchigan Union- Anderson Room, 530 South State Street
2/18/2015: 8:30 a.m. - 2:15 p.m., University of Michigan Furstenberg Student Center, 1301 Catherine, M-7301
2/18/2015: 2 p.m. - 7:45 p.m., U of M Bursley Hall, Bursley Hall- East Lounge, 1931 Duffield Street
2/18/2015: 2 p.m. - 7:45 p.m., U of M Michigan Union, Michigan Union- Pendleton, 530 S. State
2/19/2015: 9 a.m. - 2:45 p.m., CBRE Inc, 777 East Eisenhower Parkway, Suite 925
2/20/2015: 12 p.m. - 5:45 p.m., University of Michigan League, Michigan Union APO Service Org, 911 N. University
2/24/2015: 11 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., South State Commons I, 2723 South State Street, Suite 160
Chelsea
2/22/2015: 8 a.m. - 1:45 p.m., St Mary Catholic Church, 14200 Old US 12
2/24/2015: 11 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Chelsea Community Hospital, 775 S. Main Street
Dexter
2/19/2015: 7 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Thomson Reuters, 7322 Newman Boulevard
2/27/2015: 8 a.m. - 1:45 p.m., Dexter High School, 2200 North Parker Road
Wayne County
Belleville
2/23/2015: 1 p.m. - 6:45 p.m., St. Anthony Catholic Church, 409 West Columbia
Dearborn
2/23/2015: 9 a.m. - 2:45 p.m., UAW Local 245, 1226 Monroe
Detroit
2/16/2015: 6:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Detroit Medical Center Childrens Hospital, 3901 Beaubien
2/17/2015: 9 a.m. - 2:45 p.m., General Motors Ren Cen, 300 Renaissance Center, M/C 482-C27-D76
2/17/2015: 1 p.m. - 6:45 p.m., Delta Sigma Theta Sorority - Detroit Alumnae Chapter, 24760 West Seven Mile Road
2/18/2015: 9 a.m. - 2:45 p.m., General Motors Ren Cen, 300 Renaissance Center, M/C 482-C27-D76
2/26/2015: 9 a.m. - 2:45 p.m., Henry Ford Health System- 3C51, One Ford Place
2/27/2015: 7 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., St. John Hospital, 22101 Moross
Grosse Pointe
2/22/2015: 8:45 a.m. - 2:30 p.m., Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church, 467 Fairford
Grosse Pointe Farms
2/26/2015: 9 a.m. - 7:45 p.m., Grosse Pointe War Memorial, 32 Lakeshore Drive
Livonia
2/22/2015: 12 p.m. - 5:45 p.m., Christ Our Savior Lutheran Church, 14175 Farmington Road
Northville
2/25/2015: 12 p.m. - 5:45 p.m., Hillside Middle School, 775 North Center Street
2/26/2015: 9 a.m. - 2:45 p.m., U of M Northville Health Center, 39901 Traditions Drive
Plymouth
2/16/2015: 1 p.m. - 6:45 p.m., Church of Christ Plymouth, 9301 Sheldon
2/22/2015: 8 a.m. - 1:45 p.m., First Presbyterian Church of Plymouth, 701 Church Street
2/23/2015: 1:30 p.m. - 7:15 p.m., VFW Post 6695 Plymouth, 1426 South Mill Street
Redford
2/22/2015: 8:30 a.m. - 2:15 p.m., Our Lady of Loretto Catholic Church, 17116 Olympia Street
Wayne
2/16/2015: 11 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Oakwood Hospital, 33155 Annapolis Street