New York Blood Center (NYBC) needs your support now more than ever. Around 75% of our incoming blood supply was interrupted when schools, businesses and religious institutions closed due to the coronavirus outbreak. We are extending open hours at our donor centers and urgently ask that healthy donors make appointments to help replenish the region’s blood supply at this critical time. These modifications will provide controlled, safe environments for healthy donors We need healthy individuals to donate blood; it is vital for patients in need of life-saving blood transfusions. We ask that you encourage your colleagues, friends, family and community members to make an appointment donate blood at any of our donor centers. Here’s how you can help: Use this link https://donate.nybc.org/donor/schedules/centers to find a donor center and an make appointment to donate Call 1800-933-9566 (BLOOD) to make an appointment Or if you have a group of donors that want to donate, please have them contact me at [email protected] and I will help them make the appointments. I would need their full name, email address, cell number and donor center preference, in order to assist in scheduling their donation appointment Refer anyone that has a medical question to call our eligibility department at 1800-688-0900 or visit https://www.nybc.org/donate-blood/become-donor/can-i-donate-blood/ Share the U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams’s message encouraging people to donate blood during the coronavirus crisis: "You'll feel good about it, and you'll be helping your country and community during this crisis. And you might even save a life." https://youtu.be/qCDZLUl3ngA Lastly, to learn how NYBC is addressing this evolving crisis visit nybc.org/coronavirus. On behalf of the cancer, trauma, organ transplant and blood transfusion patients we serve daily, thank you for your support during this challenging time. Sincerely, Elizabeth Castro A+ New York Blood Center Cell: 914-564-4281 Office: 914-784-4604