Daniel Prince
Blood Connection offering $50 in rewards
The Blood Connection continues to add extra incentives to give the gift of life during one of its slowest times of the year for donations. The organization says that the holiday season is typically one of the hardest times of year, as the number of blood donations goes down but the demand for blood remains high. Hoping to spur more donations, anyone who donates whole blood with The Blood Connection at a blood drive or donation center between now and January 14 will earn 2000 bonus TBC rewards points, which is worth a $50 eGift card. The Blood Connection emphasizes that blood donors are needed for there to be enough blood for its 100 hospital partners and their patients into the new year.
There are three upcoming blood drives The Blood Connection wants you to know about. They will be in the Walmart parking lot on Thursday, January 5, from 2-7 p.m. They will have a blood drive at the Walmart Neighborhood Market on Cedar Springs Road in Spartanburg on Friday, January 6, from 2-6 p.m. They will be in Buffalo at Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church on Monday, January 9, from 3-8 p.m. Appointments are recommended for the drives. You can make an appointment online at donate.thebloodconnection.org and search for blood drives in Union County.