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Carolina Blood Drive set for April 30

The Employee Forum invites you to donate blood at the Carolina Blood Drive, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., Wednesday, April 30 at the Dean E. Smith Center.

For 37 years, the Carolina Blood Drive has potentially impacted more than 120,000 lives through blood donations. Bleed Carolina blue and help us reach more than 120,000! Free parking is available or ride the bus with Chapel Hill Transit to the Smith Center. All presenting donors will receive a commemorative blood drive T-shirt and free food.

Schedule your appointment today: call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767), visit RedCrossBlood.org or use the Blood Donor App and enter sponsor code UNC. Walk-ins will be accepted the day of the drive, but appointments are encouraged.

Listen to our 2024 spring drive interview on WCHL

97.9 The Hill’s Aaron Keck discussed the Carolina Blood Drive with Laura Pratt, fellowship programs coordinator at UNC’s graduate school. Listen to the interview at https://chapelboro.com/the-aaron-keck-show/on-air-today/on-air-today-carolina-blood-drive-2. Thank you WCHL for your decades-long support.

Spring blood drive inspires public service

Carolina Blood Drive committee member Lynn Eades shares why she donates blood. Josh McCormack from University Communications interviewed on her for The Well. Read more at https://www.unc.edu/posts/2024/04/22/spring-blood-drive-inspires-public-service/

We are on Instagram!

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The Carolina Blood Drive is now on Instagram! Visit us at https://www.instagram.com/carolinablooddrive.

When can I give blood again?

As we plan our December drive, take a minute to make sure you are eligible to give. This website https://whencanigiveblood.com/ lets you put in the date of your last donation to see when you are able to give again. The calculator looks at whole blood, power red and platelet donations.