C.W. Post Responds to Shortage with Blood Drive October 24 and 25

Did you know that the New York metropolitan area has to import approximately 50,000 pints of blood each year from other parts of the country because local residents don’t donate enough blood to meet our own needs? In fact, Long Island (and the entire New York metropolitan area) is chronically short of blood because less than 2% of the local population donates each year. The C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University is hoping to reverse this trend.

The C.W. Post Campus, located at 720 Northern Boulevard in Brookville, will host a blood drive on Tuesday, October 24 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Wednesday, October 25 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. in the East/West Café of Hillwood Commons.The blood drive is open to students, faculty, staff and the public.

Donors must be between the ages of 16 and 76 (16 with written parental permission; 76+ with a doctor’s note), weigh at least 110 pounds and be in generally good health. Donors will be required to show ID and need to know their Social Security number.

For more information or to make an appointment, contact Tara McCarthy, associate director of Student Life and Leadership Development, at (516) 299-2818 or e-mail Tara.McCarthy@liu.edu. Walk-ins are also welcome. For medical information on blood donation, call 1-800-688-0900.

Posted: October 13, 2006