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Shelburne’s February Blood Donor Clinic will play catch-up




Following December's unfortunate power outage that encompassed the majority of Shelburne and the surrounding area for several hours, Canadian Blood Services were forced to cancel their clinic held at the Centre Dufferin Recreation Complex after only receiving a few donations.
Canadian Blood Services Territory Manager, Charlene Goodwin commented, “It was so disappointing for us as we had increased our target but only received five units. We held over 15 Clinics from December 15th through January 3 and many clinics donated over capacity. Boxing day in Orangeville was a surprise, over 100% successful.”
The Christmas season and winter in general is reputed a very serious time of year for the Canadian Blood Services organization who work tirelessly to collect as many donations as possible in order to meet demand. As people are generally busy, the thought of fitting in time to donate blood often finds itself at the bottom of any list. Combine the busy winter season when donations are typically lower with the number of accidents and it's easy to see why the Canadian Blood Services cannot stress enough the importance of making time to donate.
“It's amazing but 85,000 new donors are needed each year to meet demand,” commented Goodwin, “We are a National Program and can transfer amongst provinces, but we always hope to meet our own quotas.”
The Canadian Blood Services will be hosting their next Blood Donor Clinic on February 18th at the Centre Dufferin Recreation Complex from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. and are on target to receive 58 unit donations.
“Shelburne bookings for our February Clinic are doing well so far,” commented Goodwin, “but there are always so many donations needed.”
In the eventuality of saving lives, perhaps even your own, the entire concept and importance of donating blood is very underplayed in society and so much more education is required to understand the valuable life saving resource society takes for granted.
According to https://www.blood.ca/ everyone is one of four blood types, O, A, B, and AB and depending on the Rh Factor, an inherited trait, ( Rhesus factor) referring to a specific protein, which is found on the surface of the red blood cells and when tested reveals if your blood has the protein, your blood is Rh positive and most common. Should your blood not have the protein, then your blood is negative. Upon donating, your blood will be tested revealing who can receive your blood and which blood type you can receive as well which is important information to know.
Shelburne has on occasion surpassed its expected quota for the number of donations and we can only hope to do it once again. After all, as the Canadian Blood Services slogan reads, ‘It's in you to give!'”

By Alex Sher

Photo by Alex Sher Shelburne Rotarian, Real Gagnon, who's own life was saved by a blood transfusion just over a year ago, will be on hand at the Canadian Blood Donor Services February 18th Blood Donor Clinic, as one of the volunteers providing sustenance. The February 18th Clinic will be held at the CDRC beginning at 3:30–6:30 p.m. Pre-booking welcome as well as dropping in.

Photo by Alex Sher
Shelburne Rotarian, Real Gagnon, who's own life was saved by a blood transfusion just over a year ago, will be on hand at the Canadian Blood Donor Services February 18th Blood Donor Clinic, as one of the volunteers providing sustenance. The February 18th Clinic will be held at the CDRC beginning at 3:30–6:30 p.m. Pre-booking welcome as well as dropping in.
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