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December 31, 2008

Donate Blood in 2009 

Contact Name:  Lauren Elsensohn
Contact Phone:  831-625-4505
Email:  lauren.elsensohn@chomp.org 

MONTEREY , Calif. — You can help your community by donating blood. The need is ongoing. Call (831) 625-4814 to make an appointment; stop by Community Hospitalof the Monterey Peninsula’s Blood Center, 576 Hartnell Street, Monterey; or give at one of one of these mobile blood drives:

Monterey Farmer’s Market
Tuesday, January 13, 4–7 p.m.
Franklin Street, at corner of Alvarado, Monterey
Contact: Blood Center, (831) 625-4814

Kiwanis of Monterey and The Park Lane
Wednesday, January 21, 11 a.m.–1 p.m.
200 Glenwood Circle, Monterey
Contact: Gina Puccinelli (831) 373-0101

Knights of Columbus, Council #7155
Sunday, January 25, 9 a.m. - noon
St. Jude’s Church, 303 Hillcrest Avenue, Marina
Contact: Victor Roman (831) 601-5231

Naval Postgraduate School
Wednesday, January 28, 10:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
1 University Circle, Monterey
Contact: Blood Center, (831) 625-4814
Military clearance required for gate access

Ryan Ranch Outpatient Campus parking lot
Tuesday, January 29, 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula
2 Upper Ragsdale Drive, Monterey
Contact: Blood Center (831) 625-4814

The Blood Center is open from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays and from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Call (831) 625-4814. Find more information online, here.

Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula , founded in 1934 and located at 23625 Holman Highway in Monterey , has grown and evolved in direct response to the changing healthcare needs of the people it serves. It is a nonprofit healthcare provider with 205 staffed acute-care hospital beds and 28 skilled-nursing beds, delivering a continuum of care from birth to end of life, and every stage in between. It serves the Monterey Peninsula and surrounding communities through 15 locations, including the main hospital, outpatient facilities, satellite laboratories, a mental health clinic, a short-term skilled nursing facility, Hospice of the Central Coast , and business offices. Find more information about Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula at http://www.chomp.org.