Attend a community blood drive - the need is critical

MONTEREY, Calif. — Attend an upcoming blood drive and help save lives. Patient needs continue to deplete blood supplies. Eligible donors (older than 16 and weigh more than 110 pounds) are urged to call Community Hospital’s Blood Center (831) 625-4814 for an appointment or drop in at the center, at 576 Hartnell Street, across the street from the Monterey Post Office. Hours are 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays and 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Even if you have donated recently, please keep donating — the need is ongoing.

Donate at the Blood Center or attend a mobile blood drive:

Central Coast Fly Fishing
Saturday, September 20, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
7172 Carmel Valley Road , Carmel Valley
Contact: Geoff Mallloway (831) 626-6586
(First 35 donors will receive a pocket fly box.)

Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula
Tuesday, September 23, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Outpatient Campus parking lot
2 Upper Ragsdale Drive , Monterey
Contact: Blood Center (831) 625-4814

Capital Insurance Group
Friday, September 26, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
2300 Garden Road , Monterey
Contact: Gini Russo (831) 233-5270

Community Hospital extends its thanks to the businesses and organizations that have contributed time and resources to make blood drives possible. Get information about upcoming mobile blood drives at www.chomp.org and click on "Give Blood" in the lefthand navigation.

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.