As many as 700 local patients require blood transfusions each day. Only 300 might receive it today, due to the minimal quantity of blood available for distribution to area hospitals. While the winter holidays and summer months are two times a year that Carter...
Make a resolution to help others – be a blood donor
January is Blood Donor Month and iff your New Year’s resolutions include doing more to help others, donating blood is a great way to accomplish it! Carter BloodCare reached out to donors on Facebook and asked why they think it is important to give blood. They...
Carter BloodCare: Summer brings blood shortage
There are two times of year that weigh heavily on blood collections: summer months – June, July and August and for another three months from November through January. It is easy to understand why collections are vastly reduced when ‘school’s out for summer.’...
Give blood, help save lives Nov. 11, Rockwall
For 16 years, Mike Larriviere has helped organize community blood drives in Rockwall. The events are held three times per year and the next is coming up Saturday, Nov. 11. “During that time, we’ve had all sorts of people show up to donate — police chiefs,...