Medic Regional Blood Center needs your help! We are critically low on all O and A type blood. Please stop by your local blood drive and help save a life! Donors can donate at any of our seven daily mobile sites or one of our two fixed sites: 1601 Ailor Avenue near downtown, Knoxville and 11000 Kingston Pike in Farragut near Pittsburg Paints. Medic Regional Blood Center is the sole provider of blood and blood products for 28 area hospitals in 21 counties. Blood drives in your area:
• February 1, Food City – Sevierville, 741 Dolly Parton Parkway, 10 A.M.- 6 P.M., Bloodmobile
Donors must be at least 17 years old (16 years old weighing 120 pounds with parental consent), weigh at least 110 pounds and have positive identification.
Donors will receive a year's membership towards Medic's Family Blood Coverage Program which exempts donors and their IRS dependents from paying blood collection and processing fees at any U.S. hospital if a transfusion is needed. Donors will also receive a free t-shirt and a cholesterol evaluation (no fasting required).

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