By Staff
December 20th, 2023
BURLINGTON, ON
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Hospitals need fresh blood everyday – you may know someone who needed a transfusion –
If you can find a way to donate blood this holiday season, you will make all the difference for patients in your community and across the country.
It is typically more challenging to collect blood during the last two weeks of December, but that is when donations are especially needed. With the timing of statutory holidays, regular collections schedules are interrupted, so it is important that every available appointment is filled on the days when donation centres are open.
In Burlington, there are approximately 440 appointments to fill during the holidays.
Burlington donor centre, 1250 Brant St.
Open over the holidays: December 26: 1-7 p.m. and January 1: 1-7 p.m.
Think about pulling together half a dozen friends and making it an occasion when you can do something for someone else.
The Donour Clinic will gladly take your appointment.
To book the next available blood or plasma donation appointment, visit blood.ca, download the GiveBlood app, or call 1-888-2DONATE (1-888-236-6283). Same day appointments are often available.
