Have a Heart, Save a Life!
Register here to donate blood
with CBT on May 1!
*Times to donate will be between 2:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
On Monday 3/6, Community Blood Center declared the first blood emergency of 2023. 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 anyone was unable to make it to the last blood drive and is able to donate another time, please 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.
Upcoming CBT Blood Drives:
Wednesday, October 18
Sunday, February 25
Thank you to everyone who came out July 11 for our Summer Blood Drive!
We hit 60% of our collection goal on July 11 and had 5 first-time donors! Not bad for summer vacation season!
We look forward to blowing our goals out of the water at our Fall Blood Drive on October 18!
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.
38 CBT Members & Friends donated blood on Wednesday, August 31st at Beth Torah, including Rabbi Mark Levin and Jim Decker!
Thanks to Jennifer Savner Levinson for organizing the Blood Drive for the Community Blood Center of Kansas City!
