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updated: March 3, 2008

Give blood on March 17-29 to win a $500 Gas Card!

Hoxworth blood center is celebrating 70 years of saving lives and we want you to help us by donating blood or platelets at one of Hoxworth's nine donor centers or community blood drives between Monday, March 17 and Friday, March 29. All donors will automatically be entered into a raffle to win a $500 Speedway Gas Card.

How to win:

Call our Appointment Center at (513) 451-0910 or (800) 830-1091 to speak with a tele-recruitment representative.
Visit one of our nine neighborhood donor centers
Current donors can sign up online using web scheduling

No registration or entry forms are necessary to win. Your donation is your entry. One lucky donor will be picked at random and will be contacted by Hoxworth.

WANT TO DOUBLE YOUR DONATION?

Click here to see if you qualify: http://www.hoxworth.org/donate_double_red.htm

The 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 within four hours before giving.
• Drink: Drink plenty of water or juice before and after donating.

Hoxworth is now offering free cholesterol screening tests to all blood donors. The non-fasting total serum cholesterol level test will be part of all successful blood donations, and is intended to be a screening only. Hoxworth is offering the free tests at all blood collection sites, including the nine Greater Cincinnati neighborhood donor centers and all bloodmobile operations. Donors can obtain the results of the screening three days after the blood donation, by phone only. Hoxworth will provide each donor at the time of donation a unique ID number and phone number to call.

About Hoxworth:
Hoxworth Blood Center, University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center is celebrating 70 years of saving lives. Hoxworth 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. Founded in 1938, we serve 29 hospitals in 17 counties in Southwestern Ohio, Northern Kentucky and Southeastern Indiana. Annually, Hoxworth collects over 90,000 units of blood from local donors.

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