Have a Heart, Save a Life!
Our on-site drives are currently on hiatus. Please continue to give blood whenever you can.
If you use our code - 7B - Beth Torah will still get credit in the interim!
Thank You to Everyone Who Donated in May!
Whenever you donate, use Beth Torah’s group code any time you donate – 7B – and we’ll still get credit!
Community Blood Center serves over 60 hospitals in over 70 counties in Missouri and Kansas.
In March of 2023, Community Blood Center declared the first blood emergency of the year. According to our own Jim Kaplan, the shortages have not abated. The blood emergency is due to several evolving factors including cold and flu season, a high number of lapsed blood donors and a decrease in first-time donors. In January, CBC received 2,000 fewer blood donations than the year prior and blood donations are below hospital and patient needs. The number of blood donations still are not back to pre-pandemic levels.
Compounding the problem is a continued lag in first-time and youth donors, which remain about half of pre-pandemic levels.
If you are unable to make it to a Beth Torah Blood Drive, please consider donating another time. While our on-site drives are on hiatus, visit one of CBC's 7 Community Blood Center locations. If you give the code: 7B when you arrive at the registration desk, your donation will count towards the Beth Torah.
Why Give Blood?
Community Blood Center must collect almost 600 units of blood daily to meet the needs of area hospital patients. As there is no substitute for blood, we rely on volunteer donors like you to supply the life-saving blood and blood components to hospitals in Kansas and Missouri.
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