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Blood Banks Need Deposits

American Red Cross 2020

Blood banks have a supply and demand problem right now. Oregon hospitals are doing more elective surgeries, boosting the need, but blood supply is low. 

Red Cross spokesperson Christine Welch says the need is urgent. About 80 percent of their blood collection usually comes from community drives at businesses or schools. “As the pandemic started, "she says, "a number of those businesses shifted to remote work locations or the campuses shut down.”

Welch says blood drives are happening, in places where there’s space to keep proper distance. She says they’re happy to be seeing a number of first-time donors, who "have maybe some extra time on their hands, and also with our younger group that maybe is out because their college is out of session.”

 

Welch says donors should expect to have their temperature taken, and that masks are required. Anyone interested should make an appointment in advance. You can find a drive near you at RedCrossBlood.org

 
Upcoming blood donation opportunities, May 29-June 15, by county:

 

Benton

 

Corvallis

6/3/2020: 1 p.m. - 6 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, 114 SW 8th St

6/4/2020: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m., Fred Meyer Store #70 Corvallis, 777 NW Kings Blvd

6/5/2020: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., Oregon Physical Therapy, 2865 NW 29th

6/10/2020: 1 p.m. - 6 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, 114 SW 8th St

6/11/2020: 11:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., Bi-Mart Store #604, 2045 NW 9th St

6/15/2020: 1 p.m. - 6 p.m., Suburban Christian Church, 2760 SW 53rd St.

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Coos

 

Coquille

6/9/2020: 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., Coquille Community Building, 115 N Birch

 

North Bend

6/4/2020: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m., Church of Christ, 2761 Broadway

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Douglas

 

Drain

6/5/2020: 12 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., Drain Church of Christ, 401 2nd Street

 

Elkton

6/10/2020: 10 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., Elkton Community Education Center, 15850 State Highway 38W

 

Roseburg

5/29/2020: 9 a.m. - 2:30 p.m., Roseburg Blood Donation Center, 1176 NW Garden Valley Blvd

6/1/2020: 1 p.m. - 6:30 p.m., Roseburg Blood Donation Center, 1176 NW Garden Valley Blvd

6/2/2020: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., Roseburg Blood Donation Center, 1176 NW Garden Valley Blvd

6/5/2020: 11 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Roseburg Blood Donation Center, 1176 NW Garden Valley Blvd

6/8/2020: 1 p.m. - 6:30 p.m., Roseburg Blood Donation Center, 1176 NW Garden Valley Blvd

6/10/2020: 11:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Public Safety Building, 700 SE Douglas Ave

6/11/2020: 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m., Roseburg Blood Donation Center, 1176 NW Garden Valley Blvd

6/11/2020: 11:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Public Safety Building, 700 SE Douglas Ave

6/12/2020: 9 a.m. - 2:30 p.m., Roseburg Blood Donation Center, 1176 NW Garden Valley Blvd

6/15/2020: 1 p.m. - 6:30 p.m., Roseburg Blood Donation Center, 1176 NW Garden Valley Blvd

 

Winston

6/4/2020: 12 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 340 NW Glenhart Ave

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Lane

 

Eugene

6/5/2020: 11:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Holiday Inn Express, 2117 Franklin Blvd

6/5/2020: 1 p.m. - 6 p.m., Willamette Christian School Eugene, 2500 W 18th Ave

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Lincoln

 

Lincoln City

6/2/2020: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., The Beach Club, 2020 NE 22nd Street

6/11/2020: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., Lincoln City Cultural Center, 540 NW Hwy 101

 

Newport

5/29/2020: 1 p.m. - 6 p.m., Church of the Nazarene, 227 NW 12th Street, P.O. Box 1068

6/1/2020: 1 p.m. - 6 p.m., American Legion Hall Post #116, 424 West Olive St

6/10/2020: 1 p.m. - 6 p.m., Newport Christian Church, 809 SE 2nd ST

6/12/2020: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., Center For Health Education, 740 SW 9th Street

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Linn

 

Albany

6/1/2020: 10 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., Sybaris Restaurant, 442 1st Ave W

6/2/2020: 9:15 a.m. - 1:45 p.m., American Legion, 1215 Pacific Blvd SE

6/8/2020: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., Albany Public Employees, 333 Broadalbin SW, PO Box 490

 

Halsey

6/3/2020: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., City of Halsey, 100 W Halsey St

 

Lebanon

6/1/2020: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., Lebanon Community Hospital, 525 N Santiam Hwy, PO Box 739

6/13/2020: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m., Safeway, 1983 S Main St

 

Tangent

6/11/2020: 11:30 a.m. - 5 p.m., Tangent Rural Fire Department, 32053 Birdfoot Dr

 

Karen Richards joined KLCC as a volunteer reporter in 2012, and became a freelance reporter at the station in 2015. In addition to news reporting, she’s contributed to several feature series for the station, earning multiple awards for her reporting.