Are you giving blood this week? It takes just a little amount of time and your donation is crucial to the American Red Cross. Did you know that 1 pint can save up to 3 lives? Every two seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood and more than 41,000 blood donations are needed every day. Let's do our part.

Here is where you can donate this week:

  • August 24, 2015
  • Penney Memorial Church, 35 Grove St., Augusta, 1:00 PM – 7:00 PM

  • August 25, 2015
  • Penobscot Bay Medical Center, 6 Glen Cove Dr., Rockport, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

  • August 26, 2015
  • Elks Lodge, 179 Park Row, Brunswick, 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM

  • August 27, 2015
  • Ice Vault of Maine, 203 Whitten Road, Hallowell, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
    American Legion, 335 Limerock Street, Rockland,

  • August 28, 2015
  • Ames True Value Hardware Supply, 447 Bath Road, Wiscasset, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
    Franklin Memorial Hospital, 1 Hospital Dr., Farmington, 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM

  • August 29, 2015
  • Tractor Supply, 420 Civic Center Drive, Augusta, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

  • August 31, 2015
  • Belfast Boat House, 34 Commercial St., Belfast, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM

  • September 2, 2015
  • Freeport Community Center, 53 Depot Street, Freeport, 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM
    No. Searsport United Methodist Church, 753 Mt Ephraim Road, 2:00 PM – 7:00 PM
    Newport Cultural Center, 154 Main Street, Newport, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM

  • September 3, 2015
  • New Horizons Community Church, 31 East Madison Road, Skowhegan, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM

  • September 4, 2015
  • MaineGeneral Medical Center, 35 Medical Center Parkway, Augusta, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
    Searsport Shores Campground, 216 West Main Street, Searsport, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM

  • September 5, 2015
  • Greene Fire Department, 106 Patten Road, Greene, 7:30 AM – 12:00 PM

You can also donate daily at the Central Maine Medical Center Blood Donation Center in Lewiston from 11:45am-7pm.

To make a blood donation appointment, please call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767)

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