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Emergency Shortage Blood Drive

NJ Blood Services, Neighbor

Blood Supply Dips Below Emergency "Safety Level" "Have a Heart" on V-Day Weekend


Please Donate Blood


NJ Blood Services is urgently asking donors to roll up their sleeves on this Valentine’s Day weekend and help to replenish our community blood supply. Many communities are still digging out from the accumulated snow -- which hampers attendance at blood drives and means cancelled appointments at donor centers. The supply of some blood types – notably O-negative, which can be transfused into anyone in a trauma situation – is now below the minimum emergency "safety level."

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