LIFELINE Blood Services announced today that West Tennessee’s blood supply is at a critically low level and that blood types O positive, O negative, A positive, A negative, B positive, and B negative are needed right away.
“Our blood supply has been running low for two weeks now and our blood usage was high over the Memorial Day weekend. With our blood collections being so low, we now must issue a CRITICAL APPEAL for blood! It’s the blood on the shelves that saves lives, and we need donors to step up and make the time to donate today. Our West TN patients are counting on us!” according to Melinda Reid, Marketing Manager with LIFELINE Blood Services.
The shortage is caused by low donor turn out at both Jackson and Dyersburg Centers as well as on the mobile blood drives coupled with high usage over the Memorial Day weekend. LIFELINE Blood Services needs to draw about 450 units of whole blood each week to maintain an adequate blood supply.
“This is a critical shortage, and we need everyone to donate immediately at either our Jackson or Dyersburg Center or on one of our mobile blood drives in order to save lives. You never know when you will be the one on the receiving end in the hospital needing blood, so please donate today!” she said.
LIFELINE wants to remind their donors, ages 18 years and up, that they can enter to win a 2020 Ford Mustang upon donating at either one of their Centers or on a mobile blood drive
LIFELINE Blood Services, located at 183 Sterling Farms Drive, is open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Walk-ins are welcome. The Dyersburg Center is located at 1130 HWY 51 Bypass, Suite 19 & 20, and is open Saturday and Wednesday 8 a.m. – 4 p.m., Sunday through Tuesday 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. No appointment is necessary to donate whole blood.
LIFELINE provides blood services to 21 West Tennessee counties, including 18 hospitals and 14 emergency helicopter service locations and 1 ground ambulance service. Annually, the Center collects approximately 26,000 blood products (red cell units, platelets, plasma, etc.) to meet the needs of patients. Of that total, 75% of those products are usually collected on the bloodmobiles across West Tennessee. LIFELINE also provides reference lab and cross-matching services to healthcare facilities. For more information, visit lifelinebloodserv.org.
Here is a list of upcoming mobile blood drives:
FUMC – Paris 6/1/2023 12:00pm – 6:00pm
Cash Saver – Huntingdon 6/1/2023 1:00pm – 6:00pm
First Community Bank – Dresden 6/2/2023 12:30pm – 5:30pm
Food Giant – Parsons 6/2/2023 12:30pm – 5:30pm
Crockett Co. Courthouse – Alamo 6/5/2023 1:00pm – 6:00pm
FUMC – Lexington 6/5/2023 1:00pm – 6:00pm
Gibson Co. Courthouse – Trenton 6/6/2023 12:00pm – 5:30pm
TVEC – Savannah 6/7/2023 12:00pm – 6:00pm
TCAT- Jackson 6/9/2023 11:00am – 3:00pm
Centennial Bank- Middleton 6/9/2023 12:00pm – 5:00pm
Lowe’s – Paris 6/9/2023 1:00pm – 6:00pm
1st Responders Drive (Fire Station #12) – Savannah 6/10/2023 10:00am – 2:00pm
Selmer Courthouse 6/12/2023 12:00pm – 6:00pm
E.W. James & Sons – Martin 6/12/2023 12:00pm – 6:00pm
First Baptist Church – Somerville 6/14/2023 12:00pm – 6:00pm
First Community Bank – South Fulton 6/16/2023 12:30pm – 5:30pm
Mulhern Family Pharm. – Brownsville 6/16/2023 1:00pm – 6:00pm
Walmart – Camden 6/19/2023 12:30pm – 5:30pm
Piggly Wiggly – Henderson 6/19/2023 1:00pm – 6:00pm
Tn Valley Com. Church – Paris 6/21/2023 2:00pm – 6:00pm
First Baptist Church – Kenton 6/21/2023 2:00pm – 6:00pm
JMCGH 6/22/2023 11:00am – 4:00pm
Baptist Mem. Hospital- Carroll Co. 6/22/2023 1:00pm – 5:00pm
Cadence Bank-Milan 6/23/2023 12:00pm – 4:30pm
Adamsville Healthcare & Rehab 6/23/2023 12:00pm – 5:00pm
First Community Bank- Martin 6/23/2023 12:30pm – 5:30pm
Overflow Church- McKenzie 6/25/2023 9:00am – 1:00pm
Save-A-Lot – Lexington 6/26/2023 1:00pm – 6:00pm
E.W. James & Sons – Union City 6/26/2023 1:00pm – 7:00pm
WTH Dyersburg Hospital 6/29/2023 12:00pm-4:00pm
Security Bank & Trust- Dyer 6/30/2023 11:00am-4:30pm
Lowe’s- Savannah 6/30/2023 1:00pm-6:00pm
Walmart – Huntingdon 6/30/2023 1:00pm – 6:00pm
All American Themed Blood Drive- at LIFELINE Center in Jackson
Thursday, June 29
9am-6pm
5th Annual Car Giveaway, in partnership with Joe Mahan Ford: Memorial Day to Labor Day. All donors, 18 yrs old and up, are entered to win a 2020 Ford Mustang!