Blood banks in need ahead of the holidays: How you can help

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OneBlood is giving retired incentives to assistance bring successful donations

OneBlood’s humor thrust Saturday came with a peculiar incentive. Donors received a summons to the adjacent Jaguars game. (WJXT)

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – It’s the play of giving, and humor banks nationwide are successful hopeless request of donors

OneBlood hosted a humor thrust astatine TIAA Bank Field Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., aft a hard year.

The spokesperson for the organization, Pat Michaels, told News4Jax that the vacation play is making it worse.

“It’s been a situation for humor centers during the pandemic to support donors coming to donate. People are retired traveling its backmost on. When they’re doing that and they’re connected abrogation during the holidays the humor donation thought process is not there,” Michaels said.

OneBlood’s humor thrust comes with a peculiar incentive. Donors volition person a summons to the adjacent Jaguars game.

That unsocial was capable inducement for Rebecca and Joshua Lester to donate.

I cognize however important it is to donate. I cognize they ever person shortage and everything and it helps having the perk of being capable to spell to a Jaguars game,” said Rebecca Lester.

“It’s my accidental to help, and I consciousness similar I should bash it,” said Joshua Lester.

All humor types are needed, but particularly the “universal donor” Type O-negative. Those property 17 oregon older tin donate.

OneBlood is taking donations done the year.

To find a donation halfway successful your country sojourn their website for much information.