Published on May 07, 2009

Donate blood and help save lives

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

MONTEREY , Calif. — Help our 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:

Congregation Beth Israel Sunday, May 3, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 5716 Carmel Valley Rd. , Carmel, CA 93923 Contact: Rabbi Bruce Greenbaum (831) 624-2015	Maurine Church Coburn School of Nursing Health Fair at Monterey Peninsula College Monday, May 11, 11 a.m.–3 p.m. 980 Fremont St. , Monterey, CA 93940 Contact: Blood Center (831) 625-4814
Ryan Ranch Outpatient Campus Tuesday, May 5, 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula , Outpatient Campus parking lot 2 Upper Ragsdale Drive , Monterey, CA 93940 Contact: Blood Center (831) 625-4814	Monterey Farmer’s Market Tuesday, May 12, 4–7 p.m. Alvarado Street , near Ordway Pharmacy Contact: Blood Center , (831) 625-4814
Del Monte Center Saturday, May 9, Noon–4 p.m. Near Century Theatres, Del Monte Center, Monterey, CA 93940 Contact: Terri Neece (831) 373-2705, ext. 107	Naval Postgraduate School * Wednesday, May 27, 10:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. 1 University Circle , Monterey , CA 93940 Contact: Blood Center (831) 625-4814 *NOTE: Military clearance needed for gate access

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 at www.chomp.org.

 

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 www.chomp.org.