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Blood Drive at Flatbush Food Co-op

August 20, 2023, 9 am1:30 pm.
Gratis
Blood Drive 2023

Flatbush Food Co-op is hosting our first ever blood drive this summer! Stop by to donate blood and help save lives!

“New York City suffers from an acute blood shortage: annually, 700,000 units (1 unit = 1 donation) are used, but fewer than 500,000 units are donated. Five percent of all area transfusions are for sickle-cell anemia patients, who are primarily of African and Hispanic descent and eventually must receive blood from closely matched donors, but blood donations from these ethnic groups are disproportionately low.” (New York Health Foundation)

Donating one pint of blood can save up to three lives in our city!