During Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October, the American Red Cross urges eligible donors to give blood or platelets to provide hope and healing to patients fighting cancer.
Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in women, and more than 268,000 women are expected to be diagnosed with breast cancer this year. Cancer patients undergoing surgery and chemotherapy may require red blood cell or platelet transfusions. In fact, more than half of all platelets collected by the American Red Cross are used by patients with cancer.
Donors of all blood types, especially platelet donors and those with type O blood, are needed to ensure a stable supply for cancer patients and others this fall. Appointments to donate blood can be made by downloading the free Red Cross Blood Donor App, visiting the Red Cross website, calling 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or enabling the Blood Donor Skill on any Alexa Echo device.
As a thank-you, those who come to donate blood or platelets during Breast Cancer Awareness Month will automatically be entered for a chance to win one of five $500 gift cards redeemable at hundreds of merchants, courtesy of Tango Card. Terms apply.
Upcoming blood donation opportunities in Santa Clara County Oct. 16-31
Cupertino
- 10/30/2019: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Hinson Campus Center Building, 21250 Stevens Creek Blvd
Los Altos
- 10/25/2019: 12 p.m. – 6 p.m., The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Los Altos, 1300 Grant Rd
Milpitas
- 10/19/2019: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Milpitas Public Library, 160 North Main Street
Morgan Hill
- 10/23/2019: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., Anritsu Company, 490 Jarvis Drive
Palo Alto
- 10/26/2019: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto, 505 E Charleston Rd
San Jose
- 10/16/2019: 12:15 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., San Jose Blood Donation Center, 2731 North First Street
- 10/17/2019: 10:45 a.m. – 6 p.m., San Jose Blood Donation Center, 2731 North First Street
- 10/18/2019: 7:45 a.m. – 3 p.m., San Jose Blood Donation Center, 2731 North First Street
- 10/19/2019: 7:45 a.m. – 3 p.m., San Jose Blood Donation Center, 2731 North First Street
- 10/19/2019: 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., New Seasons Market, 5667 Silver Creek Valley Rd
- 10/20/2019: 7:45 a.m. – 2:45 p.m., San Jose Blood Donation Center, 2731 North First Street
- 10/21/2019: 12:15 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., San Jose Blood Donation Center, 2731 North First Street
- 10/22/2019: 12:15 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., San Jose Blood Donation Center, 2731 North First Street
- 10/23/2019: 12:15 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., San Jose Blood Donation Center, 2731 North First Street
- 10/24/2019: 10:45 a.m. – 6 p.m., San Jose Blood Donation Center, 2731 North First Street
- 10/25/2019: 7:45 a.m. – 3 p.m., San Jose Blood Donation Center, 2731 North First Street
- 10/26/2019: 7:45 a.m. – 3 p.m., San Jose Blood Donation Center, 2731 North First Street
- 10/27/2019: 7:45 a.m. – 2:45 p.m., San Jose Blood Donation Center, 2731 North First Street
- 10/28/2019: 12:15 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., San Jose Blood Donation Center, 2731 North First Street
- 10/29/2019: 12:15 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., San Jose Blood Donation Center, 2731 North First Street
- 10/30/2019: 12:15 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., San Jose Blood Donation Center, 2731 North First Street
- 10/31/2019: 10:45 a.m. – 6 p.m., San Jose Blood Donation Center, 2731 North First Street
Santa Clara
- 10/22/2019: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Benson Hall, 500 El Camino Real
- 10/31/2019: 8 a.m. – 2 p.m., Institute for Business & Technology, 2400 Walsh Ave