The American Red Cross will be holding a blood drive on:
January 21, 2010 at the Long & Foster Office- Ellicott City Office 9171 Baltimore National Pike from 1:00 PM - 7:00 PM.
For your convenience they are offering the ability to schedule your appointment online by clicking here. The Sponsor Code for this drive is 14816.
60% of the U.S. population is eligible to donate, however only 5% do on a yearly basis. Please show your support and schedule your donation today.
Interesting facts about Donating Blood. 
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If you began giving blood at the age of 17 and donated every 56 days until you reached age 76, you will have donated 48 gallons of blood.
- There is no upper age limit for giving blood.
- Each unit of blood you donate can help up to 3 different people.
- 95% of our community will use a blood product in their lifetime but only 5% of us actually donate blood.
- A single shock trauma victim can use 100 units of blood in a few hours.
- In a single day, a patient needing a liver transplant can require 200 units of blood products.
- 25% of all blood products are used with cancer patients.
- Greater Chesapeake and Potomac Region hospitals use about 1,000 blood products each day.
- Every 17 seconds, someone in our region receives a blood transfusion.
- 1 in 10 persons entering the hospital needs blood.
- The average transfusion is 3.4 pints.
- Women receive 57% of the blood transfused; men use 43%.
- The average adult body has 10-12 units of blood.
- A newborn baby has about one cup of blood in its body.
- By age 72, 97% of us will have needed blood.
- Only 5% of the medically eligible population give blood.
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