The Peru Gazette

CVPH program supplies blood, blood products to hospitals across our region 

PLATTSBURGH, NY (04/27/2022) –The Adirondack Regional Blood Center, a program of the University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH), is conducting several blood drives open to the community this month and asks all eligible donors to consider donating.

Here are several opportunities to give blood in May:

• Monday, May 2, Champlain EMS station, co-sponsor Knights of Columbus, 3 to 7 p.m.
  Tuesday, May 3, Lake Side Coffee, Rouses Point, 8 a.m. to Noon
• Wednesday, May 4, Massena Neighborhood Center, Noon to 3 p.m.
• Thursday,  May 5, NCCC Saranac Lake Campus, 11am-3pm
• Friday, May 6 Boquet Valley High School, Elizabethtown, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Monday, May 9, Essex Fire Department, co-sponsor Masonic Lodge, 4 to 7 p.m.
• Tuesday, May 10, Chateaugay High School, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Wednesday, May 11, Altona Fire Department, 4:30 to 8:30 p.m.
• Thursday, May 12, Beekmantown Fire Department, 4 to 7 p.m.
• Monday, May 16, St. Augustine Parrish Center Peru, 3 to 6:30 p.m. 
• Tuesday, May 17, Franklin Academy, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Wednesday, May 18, Bloomingdale Fire Department, co-sponsor Knights of Columbus, 3:30 to 6:30 p.m.
• Monday, May 23, West Chazy Fire Department, 4 to 7 p.m.
• Tuesday, May 24, Malone Callfiremen, 2 to 6 p.m.
• Wednesday, May 25, Alice Hyde Medical Center, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• Thursday, May 26, Westport Federated Church, 3 to 6 p.m.
• Friday, May 27, CVPH Auditoriums A+B, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Tuesday, May 31, Brushton-Moira American Legion Post #939, 4 to 7 p.m.

Blood donors are registered electronically and must have a donor card or another form of identification. To protect the safety of the donors and the donor team during a community drive, a number of safety measures are in place. Donors undergo a COVID-19 screening and phlebotomists limit close contact while still providing exceptional care. Phlebotomists and donors are masked and cots are placed an appropriate distance apart.

Located at 85 Plaza Blvd., the Adirondack Regional Donor Center is open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Walk ins are welcome.

Blood collected by the Adirondack Regional Blood Center stays in the North Country, helping hundreds of people in this region. Its success rests on the generosity of donors and sponsors.

Learn more about the Adirondack Regional Blood Center, giving blood and becoming a sponsor at UVMHealth.org/GiveBlood or call (518) 562-7406.