Saturday Nov 3, 2018
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM CDT
Provisions: A 25:35 Outreach
The Bulverde Food Pantry
2295-1 Bulverde Road
Bulverde TX 78163
Weslea Miller, 210.316.1940
Natalie Sheridan, 210.705.9700
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The South Texas Blood and Tissue Center, along with Provisions and the Spring Branch-Bulverde Lions Club, will be conducting MONTHLY PLATELET DRIVES in the downtown village of Bulverde.
Platelets are “liquid gold” for the STBTC, and an eligible donor can donate as often as once every 10 days! Platelets have a very short shelf life, being viable for only about 5 days, so the STBTC needs to keep their supply plentiful by asking for frequent donations. Platelets are used by many types of patients experiencing medical needs. They are used in critical emergency care and in patients who are receiving cancer or leukemia treatments. Platelets are the component in blood that help to stop bleeding. Keeping the platelet supply current and abundant is an imperative in the medical community.
Most healthy individuals can donate. The eligibility criteria include being 17 years of age and weighing at least 110 pounds.
Ideal donors are women who have never been pregnant and men.
Women who have been pregnant may donate after they have screened negative for the HLA antigen. This testing must have been done and recorded by the South Texas Blood and Tissue Center. If a woman would like to donate platelets but has never been tested, she may come to donate whole blood and that blood donation will be screened at the main STBTC facility. Those test results will inform future eligibility to donate platelets, plus, the STBTC gets a bonus whole blood donation.
Donating platelets takes about 2.5 hours, so donors are asked to make accommodations for this time requirement. Donors are kept comfortable during the process, snacks and water are available, and they may watch a movie, read, or nap while they are in the platelet mobile. Donors are advised to bring a blanket or sweater/jacket, as the bus is kept quite chilly.
If you would like more information about the need for platelets or more about donating platelets, CLICK HERE
Scheduled Platelet Drive dates are:
Printed courtesy of www.bulverdespringbranchchamber.com/ – Contact the Bulverde Spring Branch Area Chamber of Commerce for more information.
121 Bulverde Crossing, Suite #115, Bulverde, TX 78163 – (830) 438-4285 – Office@BSBChamber.com