"More Blood, More Life"

Starting today and throughout the week to June 19th begins World Blood Donor Day. Nexcare Brand in partnership with the American Red Cross is announcing their annual Nexcare '˜give" program. This program designed to inspire people in the United States with a message of hope. It also is to aide spreading the word of the constant need for blood donations by distributing limited edition Nexcare bandages which have been marked with the word "give".

New global data which has just been released from WHO, has shown that numerous countries collecting all of their blood supplies from voluntary unpaid donors has increased more than half between 2002 and 2008.

This year's theme is set to encourage more and more people to voluntarily donate blood and save more lives. According to Dr. Neelam Dhingro, Coordinator, Blood Transfusions Safety at WHO, WHO's goal is for all countries to obtain voluntary unpaid donations by the year 2020. Since 2008, 62 countries are obtaining all blood supplies by voluntary unpaid donors.

In 70 countries voluntary unpaid blood donations have increased by ten percent between 2007 and 2008. India had the largest increase from 3.6 to 4.6 million. Other countries also had shown major increases which included the countries of Italy, Japan and the United States.

Nexcare Brand will be donating and giving away of five fashion bandages which were inspired by the latest runway trends, these designs feature chevron, plaid, gingham, zebra and classic.

Blood Donor Information:

Be healthy*

Be at least 17 years old in most states, or 16 years old with parental consent if allowed by state law '" see more information

Information for 16 year olds can be viewed on Red Cross Site.

Weigh at least 110 lbs.

Additional weight requirements apply for donors 18 years old and younger and all high school donors.

Double Red Cell Donors

Males:

Be healthy

Be at least 17 years old in most states

Be at least 5'1"

Weigh at least 130 lbs.

Please note higher requirements may apply in certain cases. Check with your donor center to confirm.

Females:

Be healthy

Be at least 17 years old in most states

Be at least 5'5"

Weigh at least 150 lbs.

Please note higher requirements may apply in certain cases. Check with your donor center to confirm.

Blood Donation Centers

Detroit Donor Center Downtown:

100 Mack Ave

Detroit, MI 48201

LivoniaDonor Center

36650 Five Mile Road

Livonia, MI 48154

Farmington HillsDonor Center

31150 Haggerty Rd

Farmington Hills, MI 48331

Upcoming Blood Drives

Team Detroit

Jun 14, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

550 Town Center
Dearborn, MI
Donation Types: Blood

Lincoln ParkPolicing Skating Rink

Jun 14, 2:00 PM - 8:00 PM

1419 Southfield Rd
Lincoln Park, MI
Donation Types: Blood

Team Detroit

Jun 15, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

550 Town Center
Dearborn, MI
Donation Types: Blood

For your local area check the American Red Cross site at American Red Cross Donating Blood. Sources:

American Red Cross

Medical News Today