Blood Drives Friday, August 29, 2008 - Brighton Brighton Community Center 555  Brighton Rd. 10:00 AM - 3:45 PM   Friday, August 29, 2008 - Howell St. John's Episcopal Church 504 Prospect St. 1:00 PM - 6:45 PM   Wednesday, September 3, 2008 - Brighton Summerville 833 E. Grand River 12:00 PM - 5:45 PM   Thursday, September 4, 2008 - Brighton Brighton VFW Post 4357 10590 E. Grand River 12:00 PM - 5:45 PM   Thursday, September 4, 2008 - Howell Tanger Outlet Mall 1475 N. Burkhart Rd. 1:00 PM - 6:45 PM   Friday, September 5, 2008 - Howell St. Johns Catholic Church 2099 N. Hacker Rd. 10:30 AM - 4:15 PM   Monday, September 8, 2008 - Howell Howell Elks Club 2830 E. Grand River 1:00 PM - 6:45 PM   Friday, September 12, 2008 - Hamburg Hamburg Township Fire Department 3666 E. M-36 2:00 PM - 7:45 PM   Friday, September 12, 2008 - Howell First Presbyterian Church 323 W. Grand River 1:00 PM - 6:45 PM   Monday, September 15, 2008 - Fowlerville United Methodist Church 201 S. Second 12:30 PM - 6:15 PM   Tuesday, September 16, 2008 - Brighton First Presbyterian Church 300 E. Grand River 1:00 PM - 6:45 PM   Friday, September 19, 2008 - Howell Chilson Hills Church 4440 Brighton Rd. 1:30 PM - 7:15 PM   Wednesday, September 24, 2008 - Howell Livingston County American Red Cross 1372 W. Grand River 12:00 PM - 5:45 PM   Thursday, September 25, 2008 - Howell Howell Care Center 3003 W. Grand River 11:00 AM - 4:45 PM   Saturday, September 27, 2008 - Pinckney Pinckney Masonic Temple 210 Mann 10:15 AM - 4:00 PM   Monday, September 29, 2008 - Brighton Brighton Community Center 555 Brighton St. 11:00 AM - 4:45 PM BLOOD DRIVE VOLUNTEER POSITION DESCRIPTIONS What happens to your blood donation? Blood is made up of several elements that perform special functions in your body. Because your whole blood donation will be divided into parts to meet various medical needs, your donation can help up to three different people. The most well-known components derived from whole blood are red cells, platelets and plasma. Help save lives. Donate blood. Call 1-800-GIVE LIFE PLATELETS are cell fragments or particles in blood that help form clots and stop bleeding. Platelets are transfused to patients who experience bleeding because they can’t produce enough platelets of their own. Many platelet recipients are children undergoing treatment for extremely serious health problems like leukemia, cancer and aplastic anemia. Shelf life: 5 days PLASMA is the liquid yellow portion of blood. It carries nutrients, removes waste, and serves as an energy source, a regulator of body functions, a system for infection fighting, and coagulation. Plasma may be frozen and processed into several specialized blood products. • Fresh frozen plasma (FFP)--used for transfusions to patients with bleeding complications • Cryoprecipitate--needed by people with classic hemophilia and common clotting disorders • Albumin--needed by burn victims, in emergencies related to accident or shock cases, and in the treatment of certain kidney and liver diseases • Immune globulin--used to supplement a patient’s immune system, to battle various microbial disease, or for clotting • Fibrin bandages--now under development by Holland Laboratory, these plasma derived bandages could be used on battlefields or on the scene of serious accidents where bleeding contributes to loss of life. Shelf life: Several years; varies by plasma product RED CELLS carry oxygen from the lungs to all other tissues in the body. These cells pick up carbon dioxide from tissues that is then carried back and released into the lungs. Red cells help patients who are anemic because of blood loss. Shelf life: 42 days, unless frozen; frozen cells may be outdated up to 10 years.   Contact us for more information about our blood drives.