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Blood Drive at First Baptist Church on Friday

During the holiday season, The American Red Cross hopes a few people will take time to donate blood and help their neighbors.

, at 2012 Missouri State Rd., will have a blood drive from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday.

Some interesting facts via The American Red Cross website.

  1. One pint of blood can save three lives
  2. Every two seconds someone needs a blood transfusion
  3. Less than 38 percent of the population is eligible to give blood
  4. Blood can only come from volunteer donors, blood cannot be manufactured in a laboratory
  5. Blood platelets, that are critical to cancer patients, have a shelf life of only five days
  6. Adults have about 10 pints of blood in their systems, only one pint is given during a donation
  7. Only seven percent of the U.S. population have Type O Negative blood, the blood type that can help the most number of people needing transfusions.

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