Blood Drive Monday At Yalobusha General

Yalobusha General Hospital will be holding a hospital challenge blood drive on Monday, December 21, according to a news release received Friday, Dec. 18, from Mississippi Blood Services.

The blood drive will be held from 1 – 6 p.m.  Mississippi Blood Services will have a donor coach in the parking lot.  Mississippi Blood Services is challenging hospitals to increase their percentage of donors over 2008’s December blood drives.  A donor from the winning hospital will receive a $1,000 gift card. 

All donors who donate at a hospital blood drive are eligible for a chance to win.  T-shirt to all donors!The blood drive will be located at Highway 7 South, Water Valley, MS.“Donating blood will give someone else the gift of life,” said Tony Bahou, MBS communications and public relations manager. “Donating blood on regular basis ensures blood will be there when somebody needs it.”

 All donors must be at least 17-years-old (16 with signed parental consent form; go to www.msblood.com to print a copy of the form), weigh at least 110 pounds and have a valid ID.          

 MBS offers a “mini physical” before each donation to ensure the donation process is safe for the donor as well as the recipient.