Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy (NY-4) will host a blood drive on Monday, March 22. Healthy individuals are encouraged to donate blood between the hours of 10:45 AM and 4:45 PM at 200 Garden City Plaza, Parking Lot (Mobile Collection Unit) Garden City, NY 11530.

Please consider giving blood on Monday, March 22, and help save lives. People can give blood every 56 days.

To donate blood, please callToll Free: 1-800-933-2566 Visit: www.nybloodcenter.org

Any company, community organization, place of worship, or individual may host a blood drive. NYBC also offers special community service scholarships for students who organize community blood drives during the winter holiday and summer periods. Blood donors receive free mini-medical exams on site including information about their temperature, pulse rate, blood pressure and hemoglobin level. Eligible donors include those people at least age 16 (with parental permission or consent), who weigh a minimum of 110 pounds, are in good health and meet all Food & Drug Administration and NY or NJ State Department of Health donor criteria. People age 76 and over may donate with a doctor’s note.