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Old 11-03-2012, 08:49 AM
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Originally Posted by cathyw View Post
There's going to be a blood drive on Monday at Publix (Southern Trace) 11-3pm
There are other dates scheduled for Publix on Colony Blvd and Walgreens at Mulberry Grove. There's one on Rolling Acres Road coming up also.
And of course, the Bella Cruz branch, as Tartalzac mentioned, is readily available.

https://www.fbcdonor.org/index.cfm?group=op
They also seem to often be in need of plasma and platelets. It usualy takes longer than giving whole blood but they do have a small DVD library with some good choices of movies. I have watched parts of various movies while donating platelets at the Florida Blood Center branch location.

http://www.examiner.com/article/red-...andy-aftermath


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plateletpheresis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apheresis