March Is American Red Cross Month

l Every two seconds someone in the U.S.
needs blood.
l More than 38,000 blood donations are
needed every day.
l Donating blood is a safe process. A sterile
needle is used only once for each donor
and then discarded.
l The actual blood donation typically takes
less than 10-12 minutes. The entire process,
from the time you arrive to the time you
leave, takes about an hour and 15 min.
l The average adult has about 10 pints of
blood in his body. Roughly 1 pint is given
during a donation.
l One donation can help save the lives of
up to three people.
The American Red Cross works
with more than 50,000 blood
drive sponsors each year to hold
more than 200,000 blood drives,
providing convenient locations
for people to give blood.
www.redcross.org