The Peru Gazette

Blood collected by Donor Center supports regional hospitals 

PLATTSBURGH, NY (01/29/2025) –   The Adirondack Regional Blood Donor Center, a program of the University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH) in partnership with numerous community sponsors, has several blood drives open to the community planned this month.

Blood and blood products collected by the Donor Center meet the needs of CVPH patients, as well as patients at Alice Hyde Medical Center in Malone, Elizabethtown Community Hospital (including the Ticonderoga campus), Massena Memorial Hospital and Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake.  The following is the February schedule:

• Monday, Feb. 3, Adirondack Medical Center’s Redfield Room, Saranac Lake,
  noon to 4 pm
• Tuesday, Feb. 4, Essex County Department of Social Services, Elizabethtown,
  10 am to 2 pm
• Thursday, Feb. 6, Beekmantown Fire Department, 4 to 7 pm
• Friday, Feb. 7, Medisca, 626 Tom Miller Road, 1 to 4 pm
• Monday, Feb 10, Willsboro Fire Department, 3 to 6 pm
• Wednesday, Feb 12, Churubusco Fire Department, 4 to 7pm
• Thursday, Feb. 13, Oak Street School, 1 to 4 pm
• Friday, Feb. 1, Clinton County Government Center, 8:30 am to 12:30 pm
• Monday, Feb. 17, St. Augustine Parish Center, Peru, 3 to 6:30 pm
• Tuesday, Feb 18, BHSN, 2215 Route 22B, Morrisonville, 2 to 5 pm
• Wednesday, Feb. 19, Bloomingdale Fire Department, 3:30 to 6:30 pm
• Thursday, Feb. 20, Cumberland 12 Cinemas, 4 to 8 pm
• Friday, Feb. 21, Burke Adult Center, 9 am to 1 pm
• Monday, Feb. 24, West Chazy Fire Department, 4 to 7 pm
• Tuesday, Feb. 25, Ellenburg Knights of Columbus at Holy Name Church, 4 to 7 pm. Held in memory of Ronnie Manor
• Wednesday, Feb 26, Plattsburgh VA Clinic, 10 am to 2 pm
• Thursday, Feb. 27, Champlain Valley Vascular, 11 Hammond Lane, 11 am to 3 pm

The Adirondack Regional Blood Center also welcomes donors to its Donor Center located at 85 Plaza Blvd. The Donor Center is open Monday through Friday from 8 am to 4 pm.  Walk-ins are welcome.

Blood donors must be at least 16 years old (16- and 17-year-old donors must have written parental/guardian consent), in generally good health, and weigh at least 110 lbs. Prior to donating, a screening questionnaire addressing personal medical, social, and travel history must be completed, and a donor card or another form of identification is also required. Donors must wait 56 days between donations.

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