Help Save Lives by donating Blood at the Hurricane Beryl Relief Blood Drive

The American Red Cross and the KFC Yum! Center are teaming up to urge the community to remember a hero and be a hero by rolling up a sleeve at the Hurricane Beryl Relieve Blood Drive on Thursday, August 1, from 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the KFC Yum! Center in downtown Louisville. Blood donors are encouraged to register in advance today to help the American Red Cross fill local demands.

Due to recent drastic shortfalls of donations over the last several weeks, donors of all blood types are critically needed, especially those with type O blood.

Donating blood is one of the simplest things a person can do to help celebrate a person’s life and help save a patient’s life. When every second counts, blood products can provide lifesaving treatment. All presenting donors will receive free parking, courtesy of The Parking Authority of River City (PARC) Center parking garage, accessible from entrances on Second and Third Street. As a thanks for all donors who come to give blood Aug. 1–31, 2024, they'll get a $20 Amazon.com Gift Card by email.

The Hurricane Beryl Relief Blood Drive provides an opportunity for the local community to keep hospitals prepared for all transfusion needs, including emergencies. Medical traumas that require doctors to utilize mass transfusions protocols can quickly deplete hospital blood banks that provide blood products not only to trauma patients like crash victims, but also to parents experiencing difficult childbirths, those facing cancer and people living with sickle cell disease.

To donate blood, individuals need to bring a blood donor card or driver’s license or two other forms of identification that are required at check-in. Individuals who are 17 years of age in most states (16 with parental consent where allowed by state law), weigh at least 110 pounds and are in generally good health may be eligible to donate blood. High school students and other donors 18 years of age and younger also must meet certain height and weight requirements.
 
Blood Drive Details: 
WHEN:            Thursday, August 1 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
WHERE:          KFC Yum! Center, One Arena Plaza, Louisville, Ky. 40202
PARKING:      The Parking Authority of River City (PARC) will provide free parking for blood drive participants in the KFC Yum! Center parking garage, accessible from the Third Street entrance.
ENTRANCE:   Presenting donors must enter the KFC Yum! Center from the west side of the main entrance off Main Street. This entrance is also accessible from the elevator located on the Third Street side of the parking garage.