Community Blood Drive

St. Matthew’s Church is hosting a community blood drive on Sunday,
September 1st between 10:45 A.M. and 1:45 P.M. 
The church is located at 9081 N. Maryland St. in Niles just south of the
Golf Mill Shopping Center.

Heartland Blood Centers is a non-profit, independent medical
organization providing blood products to 49 Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana
hospitals, which require more than 600 units of blood every day to keep up with
transfusion demands.  St. Matthew’s
Church and Heartland encourage all healthy individuals in the community to
donate blood, giving the “gift of life.”

Blood will be drawn in the Heartland mobile coach, parked on the church
parking lot for your convenience. The blood collected will help patients in our
local hospitals. As a “thank you” to those who support the volunteer blood
donor program, all donors who give blood will receive a $10 Target gift card,
compliments of Heartland Blood Centers.

To qualify as a blood donor, individuals must be at least 17 years old,
or 16 with written parental permission; weigh at least 110 pounds; be symptom
free of cold, flu and allergies; and be in general good health. Donors who have
traveled outside the United States within the past 12 months should contact
Heartland at 1-800-7TO-GIVE to determine eligibility or visit www.heartlandbc.org.

Make an appointment to donate on line at www.heartlandbc.org or call St. Matthew’s Church at 847-827-4360.  Walk-ins are welcome, but
it’s better to make an appointment.