Health and Fitness : Please donate blood this Friday at Virginia Gay!

Virginia Gay Hospital relies on LifeServe for most of it's donated blood supply. Please consider donating this Friday from 1:00 to 5:30.

Schedule your appointment to save a life today! at 800.287.4903 or click on the link make an appointment.

Please help celebrate National Blood Donor Month by donating blood. Since 1970, January has been designated as National Blood Donor Month to remind the public about the importance of donating blood. This is also a time to thank blood donors for the vital role they play in providing a safe and adequate blood supply to hospitals within their communities.

Did you know............

One pint of whole blood - the most
common form of donation - can save up to three lives.

• Someone needs blood every two seconds.
• Less than 10 percent of the eligible U.S. population donates annually.
• There is no substitute for human blood.
• One in seven people entering a hospital need blood.
• Females receive 53 percent of blood transfusions; males
receive 47 percent.
• One unit of blood can be separated into several components: red
blood cells, plasma and platelets.
• Fourteen tests (11 for infectious diseases) are performed on each
unit of donated blood.
• Healthy adults who are 16 years old and weigh at least 120 pounds
are eligible to donate whole blood.

Learn more about blood donation by clicking here and reading LifeServe Blood Center's brochure, "Be A Blood Donor."