The summer months, right through the official end of the season in late September, is an urgent time to donate blood.  

According to the American Red Cross, blood donations decrease significantly in the summer and shortages can reach critical and emergency levels.  

Read the following from WETM-TV, "Emergency Blood Shortage and the Need to Donate Now"

Visit the American Red Cross website, www.redcross.org/donating-blood, to find a comprehensive listing of upcoming regional blood drives.  

Or contact any of our regional Red Cross chapters directly.  Click HERE for a listing of Red Cross locations regionally and throughout New York State.