Published on July 09, 2012
Give
blood, get a T-shirt as summertime drive kicks off
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Contact:
Brenda Moore (831) 625-4544
Communication
and Marketing: (831) 625-4505
MONTEREY, Calif. — It’s
summertime and the giving is easy — and much needed — during the annual
seasonal blood drive at the Blood Center of Community Hospital of the Monterey
Peninsula.
The campaign starts
Monday, July 23 and continues through Friday, August 3. Donors will receive a
special T-shirt, while supplies last.
“During
the summer, people are busy with travel and vacations, but the need for blood
is constant,” says Sharon Paddock, Blood Center supervisor. “We hope people
will make the time to come to the Blood Center and donate, to ensure that our
community has the blood that it needs.”
Donors
may give at the Blood Center at 576 Hartnell Street, Suite 100, across from the
post office in Monterey. Appointments are recommended and may be made by
calling 625-4814 or e-mailing bloodcenter@chomp.org, but
drop-ins are welcome. The center is open from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays and
Thursdays, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and 8:30 a.m. to 3:15
p.m. Fridays. More information, including a schedule of mobile drives, is
available at www.chomp.org . You can also find us
on Facebook.
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ABOUT COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula,
established in 1934, has grown and evolved in direct response to the changing
healthcare needs of the people it serves. It is a nonprofit healthcare
provider with 207 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 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/
