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Red Cross: Blood Supply at Emergency Levels

Find where to donate in or near Berkley and Huntington Woods.

The is asking Americans to roll up their sleeve and give blood this summer.

The Red Cross says its blood supply has reached emergency levels with 50,000 fewer donations than expected in June. Due partially to the early summer and a lack of scheduled blood drives, this shortfall leaves the nonprofit with half the readily available blood products it had on hand this time last year.

All blood types are needed, but especially O positive, O negative, B negative and A negative in order to meet patient demand this summer.

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“Every day, the Red Cross must collect more than 17,000 pints of blood for patients at more than 3,000 hospitals and transfusion centers across the country. Of that, the Southeastern Michigan Blood Services Region must collect approximately 900 pints per day,” said Diane E. Ward, CEO of the American Red Cross Southeastern Michigan Blood Services Region. “We need donors to make appointments in the coming days and weeks to help us ensure that all patient blood needs can be met. Each pint of whole blood can help save more than one life.”

In or near Berkley and Huntington Woods, you can give blood today at the following Red Cross centers:

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    • 28105 Woodward Ave., Berkley
    • Open 1-7 p.m.
  • Bloomfield American Red Cross
    • 4190 Telegraph Rd., Bloomfield
    • Open 1-7 p.m.

Also, make sure to check out the following blood drives in and around Berkley and Huntington Woods within the next two weeks:

  • Thursday, June 28: MetLife
    • 25300 Telegraph Rd., Southfield (in the MetLife Raleigh Office Centre)
    • Open 7 a.m.-4 p.m.
  • Thursday, June 28: Woodside Bible Church
    • 6600 Rochester Rd., Troy
    • 1-7 p.m.
  • Friday, June 29: West Bloomfield Township Library
    • 4640 Walnut Lake Rd., West Bloomfield
    • 1-7 p.m.
  • Sunday, July 1: Detroit Mar Thoma Church
    • 24518 Lahser Rd., Southfield
    • 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
  • Monday, July 2: Surbuban Collection — Volvo dealership
    • 1755 Maplelawn Dr., Troy
    • 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
  • Monday, July 2: Michigan First Credit Union
    • 27000 Evergreen Rd., Lathrup Village
    • Noon-6 p.m.
  • Monday, July 2: North Oakland YMCA
    • 3378 East Walton Blvd., Auburn Hills
    • 1-7 p.m.
  • Monday, July 2: Best Buy
    • 2651 Rochester Rd., Rochester Hills
    • 2-8 p.m.
  • Tuesday, July 3: Oakland Community College — Auburn Hills campus
    • 2900 Featherstrone Rd., Auburn Hills
    • 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

To schedule an appointment at any location to donate blood or platelets, or to host a blood drive in your community, visit redcrossblood.org or call 1-800- 733-2767. Be sure to bring your Red Cross blood donor card or other form of positive ID when you come to donate.

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