MANHATTAN COLLEGE TO HOLD
BLOOD DRIVE
The College Hopes
To Help Combat Significant Blood Supply Shortage
RIVERDALE,
N.Y. – Aiming to alleviate
the decreasing blood supply, Manhattan College’s campus
ministry and social action department is sponsoring a blood
drive on Wednesday, January 28 from 11:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.
The blood drive is open to the public and will be held in the
College’s Leo Engineering Building, 3825 Corlear Avenue,
between 230-240 Streets.
Following
several weeks of significantly reduced blood donations, New
York Blood Center recently reported that the supply of blood
has reached a historical and critical low level; forcing the
center to issue an urgent appeal for donations effective immediately. The
supply has been so tight that the center, a community-based,
independent blood center, was forced to cut back deliveries
of some blood types to area hospitals by as much as 40 percent
and dip into its frozen emergency supply.
The
campus ministry and social action department at the College
welcomes donors who meet certain
requirements. Interested donors should be at least 17
years of age, weigh at least 110 pounds and have last donated
blood more than 56 days ago. If you are interested in donating,
please remember to eat before giving blood and bring an official
ID to the drive. For further questions, contact Lois
Harr at (718) 862-7142. If you are a member of the press and
need additional information, please contact Melanie Farmer
at (718) 862-7232.
Manhattan
College was founded in 1853 upon the Lasallian tradition of
excellence in teaching, inspired
by St. John Baptist de La Salle. Located in the Riverdale
section of the Bronx, Manhattan College is an independent,
Catholic, coeducational institution of higher learning. For
more information about Manhattan College, visit our Web site, http://www.manhattan.edu.