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updated: May 1, 2006 Donate blood or platelets to win a $50 gas card 
Click here for an
updated list of winners...>>
Due to heavy usage in recent weeks
at local hospitals, our community's blood supply for Type
O and B is running low.
In an effort to boost
donations,
Hoxworth is raffling off a
$50 gas card to one lucky donor each day between from Thursday, April 27th
through Saturday, May 6th.
(A total of nine winners
will be randomly picked and each given a $50 Speedway gas card. One
winner per
day from 4/27/06 though 5/6/06. No winner will be picked on Sunday,
April 30th)
winners:
- 4/27: Paul Bissmeyer, Fort Mitchell donor center - 4/28: Carl Dickhaus, Western Hills donor center - 4/29: Kathleen Overstreet, Anderson donor center - 5/1: TBA - 5/2: TBA - 5/3: TBA - 5/4: TBA - 5/5: TBA - 5/6: TBA We especially need double red donors to come in and give over the next week. You can donate at any open neighborhood center or an open blood drive to qualify for the gas card raffle.
Please call (513) 451-0910 or (800) 830-1091 or email hoxapctr@ucmail.uc.edu to schedule an appointment to donate at any of Hoxworth’s eight donor centers or community blood drives. Appointments are encouraged, but walk-ins will be taken on a first-come, first-served basis. Donating blood and is safe and easy, and is a great way to give back to your community. Each donation takes about one hour and could save up to three lives. 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 eight 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 at the University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center 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. Hoxworth, founded in 1938, serves 27 hospitals in 17 counties in Southwestern Ohio, Northern Kentucky and Southeastern Indiana. Annually, Hoxworth collects over 90,000 units of blood from local volunteer donors. #### comments@hoxworth.org
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