{"id":344376,"date":"2025-08-14T17:13:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T17:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/344376\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T17:13:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T17:13:13","slug":"london-road-blood-drive-announced-urgent-need-for-blood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/344376\/","title":{"rendered":"London Road Blood Drive announced; Urgent need for blood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox21online.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/b\/d\/memorial-blood-centers-logo.jpg\" data-lb-width=\"400\" data-lb-height=\"400\" class=\" photoswipe gtxlightbox\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2773458 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/memorial-blood-centers-logo-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Memorial Blood Centers Logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\"  \/><\/a>DULUTH, Min. \u2013 The London Road Business Blood Drive is taking place Thursday, August 28th. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbcherohub.club\/donor\/schedules\/drive_schedule\/74784\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE<\/a> to sign-up to donate.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s more necessary than ever with blood shortages around our area.<\/p>\n<p>Any one can donate \u2013 you don\u2019t have to live or work on London Road.<\/p>\n<p>The state\u2019s blood supply has dropped below a 2-day inventory, far below the 7-day supply needed to meet hospital and patient needs.<\/p>\n<p>Duluth mom Jena Mertz knows the lifesaving power of blood firsthand.<\/p>\n<p>Her daughter survived thanks to more than 180 blood donations, \u201cRed cell and platelet donations literally saved my daughter\u2019s life. There is no substitute for the 180+ blood donations she received, and she would not be here without blood donors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u00a0urgently\u00a0need the community\u2019s help to rebuild the\u00a0blood\u00a0supply\u00a0and prevent this situation from becoming more dire,\u201d\u00a0said Kathy Geist, Vice President at Memorial Blood Centers. \u201cDonating\u00a0blood\u00a0is one of the most direct and impactful ways to support our healthcare system and save lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Summer has brought an expected decline in donations.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox21online.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/g\/z\/fox21coastal.jpg\" data-lb-width=\"1280\" data-lb-height=\"720\" class=\" photoswipe gtxlightbox\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2157575 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fox21coastal-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Fox21coastal\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Combined with increased trauma cases, the impact on the local\u00a0blood\u00a0supply\u00a0has been severe. \u201cEvery time you hear a siren or see a helicopter overhead, there\u2019s a chance that patient will need\u00a0blood,\u201d\u00a0said Geist. \u201cWe need to make sure it\u2019s on the shelves\u00a0before\u00a0they ever get to the hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The London Road Business Blood Drive is sponsored by FOX21, Cora Christman State Farm Agency, Centricity Credit Union, Kevin Kalligher Real Estate and Peace of Mind Duluth.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbcherohub.club\/donor\/schedules\/drive_schedule\/74784\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE<\/a> to sign-up to donate.<\/p>\n<p>It will be Thursday, August 28th, 2025 from 10am to 5pm at the blood mobile bus parked at 1411 London Road.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DULUTH, Min. \u2013 The London Road Business Blood Drive is taking place Thursday, August 28th. \u00a0CLICK HERE to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":344377,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,393,4884,257,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-344376","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-london","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115028244158242933","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344376\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/344377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}