Donors are encouraged to book and keep appointments to boost blood and plasma supply

JULY 19, 2022, Langley – As the BC Day long weekend approaches, Canadian Blood Services is encouraging new and returning donors in Langley to support patients this summer by booking and keeping appointments to donate blood, platelets, and plasma.
 
Heroes will be needed through the summer and long weekends.
 
In Langley, there are over 480 open appointments to fill at donation events that run between now until the end of September:

• Willoughby Christian Reformed Church located at 20525 72 Avenue, Langley City - Tuesday, August 2, 30, September 27 from 1pm – 7:45pm
• Church in the Valley located at 23589 Old Yale Road, Langley City - Tuesday, August 16, September 13 from 1pm – 7:45pm
• Walnut Grove Lutheran Church located at 20530 – 88 Avenue, Langley City - Friday, September 9 from 12pm – 6:45pm and Saturday, September 24 from 9:30am – 4:15 pm 

During the pandemic the number of people who donate regularly has decreased by 31,000, resulting in the smallest donor base in a decade. Canadian Blood Services is grateful for those donors who have shown up to donate blood, platelet, and plasma over the past few weeks. However, they need more than 100,000 new blood donors in Canada this year to keep up with demand.

Patients are relying on new and past donors to make lifesaving donations a part of their routine as people across Canada resume pre-pandemic activities. Donors are needed before, during or after all long weekends this summer to ensure patient needs continue to be met. Cancer patients, accident victims and people with blood disorders rely on blood, platelets, and plasma transfusions every day.
 
Whether you give blood, platelets, and plasma, or register to be a stem cell, organ, and tissue donor – show up and give like lives depend on it, because they do.
 
Book your Life-Saving Appointment now on blood.ca, use the GiveBlood app or call 1 888 2 DONATE (1-888-236-6283). Book a group or join Partners for Life Program, please contact Arleen Asi, Community Development Manager at arleen.asi@blood.ca or phone at 604 347 9773.   
 
About Canadian Blood Services
Canadian Blood Services is a not-for-profit charitable organization. Regulated by Health Canada as a biologics manufacturer and primarily funded by the provincial and territorial ministries of health, Canadian Blood Services operates with a national scope, infrastructure and governance that make it unique within Canadian healthcare. In the domain of blood, plasma, and stem cells, they provide services for patients on behalf of all provincial and territorial governments except Quebec. The national transplant registry for interprovincial organ sharing and related programs reaches into all provinces and territories, as a biological lifeline for Canadians.
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