Next blood drive Monday, June 20

King’s Daughters will host a blood drive for the American Red Cross from 11:30 to 5 p.m. Monday, June 20 in the medical center’s Health Education Center (lower level of the Lexington Avenue parking garage) in Ashland.

Blood donations are critical to meeting community needs, both for those with chronic medical conditions and patients who have been injured in accidents. One donation has the potential to save three lives!

Appointments to donate blood are suggested by calling The American Red Cross at 1-800-733-2767 or visit redcrossblood.org and enter: KDMC to schedule an appointment.

Donate quickly and conveniently with RapidPass

To make donating even easier and faster, The American Red Cross is excited to introduce RapidPass, a new tool that allows blood donors to save lives in less time!

RapidPass allows donors to complete their pre-registration and donation questions online, reducing the time spent at the blood drive by as much as 15 minutes. Donors just complete the online RapidPass questionnaire any time on the same day they are giving blood, print the pass and take it with them — or display it on their mobile phone.

For more about RapidPass, go online to: https://www.redcrossblood.org/donate-blood/manage-my-donations/rapidpass.html