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Portland Community College’s student civic leadership team heartis partnering with the American Red Cross to host two blood drives in winter term. Both drives will have appointments for whole blood donation as well as Power Red donations.

The first opportunity will be on Tuesday, Feb. 21 from 9:30 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. at the Rock Creek Campus in the Building 9 Events Center. Staff and students can sign up to donate by visiting www.redcrossblood.org and entering the site code “pccrock” to find available times.

The second opportunity will be on Wednesday, March 8 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Upper CC Mall area of the Sylvania Campus. You can sign up to donate at this drive through www.redcrossblood.org and enter the site code “sylvania” to find available times.

Please click on the following links if you would like to learn more from the American Red Cross about the importance of the blood supply or who is eligible to donate blood.

About James Hill

James G. Hill, an award-winning journalist and public relations writer, is the Director of Public Relations at Portland Community College. A graduate of Portland State University, James has worked as a section editor for the Newberg Graphic... more »