YOUR BLOOD DONATION WILL SAVE LIVES! Did you know?
Sickle cell disease is a lifelong illness, that requires ongoing blood transfusion to replace affected cells with healthy whole blood cells from a donor who is CEK negative. A single patient with sickle cell disease may receive up to 100 pints of blood each year, just to ensure survival. Donated blood should ideally come from individuals of similar ethnic or genetic background to the patient because blood and blood antigens differ by ethnicity, and the best blood match ensures the best chance of effective treatment with fewer adverse reactions. African American donors are almost 3 times more likely to match the blood needed for sickle cell patients than donors who are not Black/African American.
Schedule your lifesaving donation today! Visit www.RedCross.org/Blood to book an appointment at our Durham Donation Site, or any other local blood drives in your community.
