The Peru Gazette

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

 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.

The following is the community blood drive schedule for April:

• Monday, April 3, North Country Community College, Malone, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Tuesday, April 4, Malone Callfiremen, 2 to 6 p.m.
• Wednesday, April 5, Bloomingdale Fire Department, co-sponsored by Knights of Columbus, 3:30 to 6:30 p.m.

• Thursday, April 6, Mooers Fire Department, 3:30 to 7 p.m.
• Tuesday, April 11, Ellenburg Knights of Columbus, held at St. Edmunds Church Hall, 4 to 7 p.m.
• Thursday, April 13, Elizabethtown Community Hospital, Ticonderoga Campus, 1 to 4 p.m.
• Monday, April 17, Comfort Inn, sponsored by Plattsburgh Lions Club, 3 to 6 p.m.
• Tuesday, April 18, Keene Fire Department, 3 to 6 p.m.
• Wednesday, April 19, Mountain Lake Services Keeseville, noon to 4 p.m.
• Thursday, April 20, Beekmantown Fire Department, 4 to 7 p.m.
• Friday, April 21, Saranac High School, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Tuesday, April 25, Willsboro High School, 2 to 6 p.m.
• Wednesday, April 26, Chazy American Legion Post 769, 4 to 7 p.m.
• Thursday, April 27, Cumberland 12 Cinemas, 4 to 7 p.m.
• Friday, April 28, Clinton County ARC, New York Road, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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.

A donor card or another form of identification is required to give. Learn more about the Adirondack Regional Blood Center, giving blood and becoming a sponsor at UVMHealth.org/GiveBlood or call (518) 562-7406.