Linda Shannon-Hills and Tina Fugleberg
We would like to welcome Tina Fugleberg to the SBR Red Cross Blood Drive as our future leader. Linda Shannon-Hills will work with Tina to get up to speed on managing the SBR drives. Additional volunteers are Troy Fugleberg, Roxanne Watson, and Pete Watson. We also have a set of volunteers who participate when available. Welcome them to our team.
We continue to request your help, as the Red Cross is short on needed blood. If you can donate, we encourage you to register to donate. Many residents are traveling this summer and are unable to donate in July. If you have never donated blood before, we have had many at the Ranch signing up for the first time, then continuing to donate. So, if you are available and can give, please sign up.
The next drive at the Ranch will be on Saturday, July 16, starting at 7 a.m. with the last donation start time at 1 p.m. The drive will be held in the SBR Ranch House, Sol Ballroom. Log in to donate at www.redcrossblood.org.
We encourage you to download the Red Cross app to your smartphone. With the app, you can register for blood drives, complete the RapidPASS on the day of the blood donation, keep track of your donations, as well as have your donor card on your phone for faster check-in. It puts the power to save lives in the palm of your hand. You can also check on all your donations and your vitals, plus follow the path of your blood journey every step of the way to the patient receiving your blood.
Power Red—If you are willing to take a bit longer during donations, the Red Cross encourages those who qualify to sign up to donate Power Red. What is a Power Red donation, you ask? This type of donation allows you to safely donate two units of red blood cells during one donation. During your Power Red, blood is drawn from one arm through an automated process. The machine separates and collects two units of red cells and then safely returns the remaining blood components, along with some saline, back to you through the same arm. Donation frequency is 112 days, up to three times a year. Blood types are O+, O-, A-, and B-.
Schedule for the rest of the year of Red Cross Blood Drives at SaddleBrooke Ranch: Saturdays, July 16, Sept. 24, and Dec. 3. Go to www.redcrossblood.org.