January 26, 2009

Donate blood and help save lives

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

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

Capital Insurance Group
Friday, February 6, 9:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
2300 Garden Road, Monterey, CA 93940
Contact: Shelly Monroe, (831) 649-1155

Knights of Columbus, Council #1465
Sunday, February 8, 9 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
San Carlos Church parking lot
Church and Figueroa Streets, Monterey, CA 93940
Contact: Ernest Franco, (831) 623-4953

Monterey Farmer’s Market
Tuesday, February 10, 4–7 p.m.
Franklin Street, at Alvarado
Contact: Blood Center, (831) 625-4814

Pacific Coast Church
Sunday, February 15, 11:15 a.m.–3 p.m.
522 Central Ave., Pacific Grove, CA 93950
Contact: Kim Yalda, (831) 375-1411

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Tuesday, February 17, 11 a.m.–3 p.m.
7700 Sandholdt Road, Moss Landing, CA 95039
Contact: Susan Von Thun, (831) 775-2006

Carmel Hill Professional Center
Wednesday, February 18, 9 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
23845 Holman Highway, Monterey, CA 93940
Contact: Blood Center, (831) 625-4814

American Red Cross–Carmel
Thursday, February 19, 10 a.m.–2:30 p.m.
Chapter House
SE corner of 8th & Dolores, Carmel, CA 93921
Contact: Daniella Estrella-Salgado (831) 624-6921

Pacific Grove High School Gym
Friday, February 20, 9 a.m.–2 p.m.
615 Sunset Drive, Pacific Grove, CA 93950
Contact: Sean Keller, (831) 646-6590

CTB–McGraw Hill
Wednesday, February 25, 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
20 Ryan Ranch Road, Monterey, CA 93940
Contact: Brandi Brisco, (831) 393-7089

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 out more information about donating blood at the Blood Center.