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Updated: August 4 2008

Playhouse in the Park to host Community Blood Drive

All donors receive half price tickets to select performances of Jane Austen's "Emma"

Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park has partnered with Hoxworth Blood Center to host a Community Blood Drive on Monday, August 11th. Join us on Fountain Square between 11:30am and 5:30pm for a free “mini scoop” of Graeter’s Ice Cream. Blood donations will be taken at the Hoxworth Donor Center located at 432 Walnut Street.

Date: Monday, August 11, 2008

Time: 11:30am-5:30pm

Contact: Alyson Yates at (513) 558-1518

Maximize Your Donation:

Bring a friend, family member or co-worker to make a blood donation.
Maximize your blood donation by making a Double Red Cell donation.
In addition to your regular donations, give before or after major holidays and during the winter and summer months.
Donating frequently ensures that we have the blood we need to support our 29 area hospitals. Hoxworth encourages all donors to give every eight weeks for whole blood, sixteen weeks for double red cells and every two weeks for platelets.
If you have either A or AB blood types, you can boost your donation by giving platelets.

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. At least 350 volunteer blood donors and 40 volunteer platelet donors are essential 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.