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Pearl River Hosting Blood Drives

Pearl River Hook and Ladder hosted a blood drive starting at 8:30 a.m. Saturday There will be another blood drive at the Pearl River Hilton Tuesday, July 5.

Pearl River Hook and Ladder is home to one of the two fire departments that protect the people of Pearl River.

The house served the community in another way Saturday, with a New York Blood Center blood drive there from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Volunteers should bring identification and eat before donating.

For those looking for another opportunity to give blood, there will be another New York Blood Center drive from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday July 5 at the Pearl River Hilton on Veterans Memorial Drive.

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According to the New York Blood Center website, the center needs more than 2,000 blood donations per day from volunteers to meet the transfusion needs of patients at 200 hospitals the organization works with and donations tend to drop off during the summer. Part of the reason is high schools and colleges, which account for 25 percent of regional donations, being closed for the summer.

There are blood drives all over the area in July.

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For example, the Orangeburg Fire Department will also host a blood drive this month, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. July 9 at the fire house on Dutch Hill Road.

If the time of a local blood drive is not convenient, the Rockland Donor Center is located on the fifth floor at 25 Smith Street in Nanuet.

For more information or to make an appointment, call 1-800-933-BLOOD (1-800-933-2566).

New York Blood Center Drives

  • July 2 -- Pearl River Hook and Ladder, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
  • July 5 -- Pearl River Hilton, 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.
  • July 6 -- St. Dominic's Home at 500 Western Hwy. in Blauvelt, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
  • July 9 -- Orangeburg Fire Dept. at 61 Dutch Hill Road in Orangeburg, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
  • July 10 -- Spring Valley Seventh Day Adventist Church at 18 Paiken Drive in Spring Valley, 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
  • July 14 -- Nike-Pak Products at 2 Nice Pak Park in Orangeburg, 9:30 .m. to 3:30 p.m.
  • July 14 and 15 -- Palisades Center Mall, 3:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
  • July 18 -- Spring Valley New Testament Church on 46 N. Main Street in Spring Valley, 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.
  • July 23 -- Chiropractic Wellness Center at 580 Route 303 in Blauvelt, 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
  • July 31 -- Monsey Fire Brewer Engine Co. #1 at 16 Grove Street in Monsey, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.


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