Give the Gift of Life: Blood Drives This Week in Central Maine (March 10-15, 2015)

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:

• March 10

Richmond American Legion, 10 Carding Machine Road, Richmond, 1:30 PM – 6:30 PM
YMCA, 303 Centre Street, Bath, 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Madison High School, 486 Main Street, Madison, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM

• March 11

Mount Ararat Middle School, 66 Republic Avenue, Topsham, 2:30 PM – 7:00 PM

• March 12

Saint Francis Church, 130 Route 133, Winthrop, 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM

• March 13

Kaplan University Augusta, 14 Marketplace Drive, Augusta, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Augusta Downtown Alliance, 295 Water Street, Augusta, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
MaineGeneral Medical Center, 149 North Street, Waterville, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Church of LDS, 66 Old County Road, Rockport, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM

• March 14

Auburn Mall, 550 Center Street, Auburn, 9:00 AM – 2:00 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)