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March 25, 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:

Dole Fresh Vegetables
Thursday, April 2, 1–4 p.m.
2959 Salinas Hwy , Monterey
Contact: Ann Marie Pagan (831) 641-4248

Central Coast Fly Fishing
Valley Hills Shopping Center
Saturday, April 18, 11 a.m.–3 p.m.
7172 Carmel Valley Road , Carmel Valley
Contact: Geoff Malloway (831) 626-6586


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

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Tuesday, April 21, 11 a.m.–3 p.m.
7700 Sandholdt Road , Moss Landing
Contact: Susan Von Thun, (831) 775-2006

Monterey Rotary and Hyatt Regency Monterey
Thursday, April 9, 11 a.m.–2 p.m.
One Old Golf Course Road Monterey
Contact: Blood Center , (831) 625-4814


City of Seaside and Seaside Rotary
Oldemeyer Center
Thursday, April 23, 1:30–4:30 p.m.
986 Hilby Avenue , Seaside
Contact: Joy Lucido (831) 899-6802


American Red Cross–Carmel
Thursday, April 16, 10 a.m.–2:30 p.m.
Chapter House
SE corner of 8th & Dolores, Carmel
Contact: Daniella Estrella-Salgado (831) 624-6921

CSUMB
Monday, April 27, 11 a.m.–3 p.m.
Between Buildings 16 & 18
CSUMB Campus, Seaside
Contact: Esmerelda Maldonado (831) 582-5052


Capital Insurance Group
Friday, April 17, 9 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
2300 Garden Road , Monterey
Contact: Shelly Monroe, (831) 649-1155

CTB–McGraw Hill
Wednesday, April 29, 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
20 Ryan Ranch Road , Monterey
Contact: Brandi Brisco, (831) 393-7089


Monterey Pacific Rotary & Embassy Suites
Thursday, April 30, 3–7 p.m.
Embassy Suites
Del Monte Ave & Canyon Del Rey, Seaside
Contact: Carolyn Harris (831) 372-3058

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.

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