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DESCRIPTION:Rotary Club of Everett and Everett Elks Lodge #479 are proud to
  serve our community by co-hosting a blood drive with the American Red Cro
 ss.   *Rotarians and Elks members have been working together in Everett 
 for several years to provide a consistent\, convenient place to donate blo
 od in downtown Everett.   Join us in keeping the blood supply stable! We 
 tend to assume there will be blood available when it is needed\, but blood
  cannot be manufactured. It can only come from a person who donates it. Ap
 proximately 30\,000 units of blood are used in the U.S. each day\, and eve
 ry 2 seconds\, someone in the U.S. needs a blood transfusion. Blood shorta
 ges occur regularly and potentially can cause a delay in treatment for pat
 ients.   Want to donate blood with us?  Donate Blood\, Platelets or Plas
 ma. Give Life | Red Cross Blood     Use zip code 98201 to find our driv
 e!  (If you don't see it on first try\, you might need to adjust the date
  range)   Benefits of Donating Blood: Side Effects\, Advantages\, and Mor
 e Why is it Important to Donate Blood? About 328 million people currently 
 live in the U.S. Each year\, approximately 6.8 million people in the U.S d
 onate blood. Annually\, this adds up to about 13.6 million units of whole 
 blood collected for donation in the U.S. The Red Cross provides about 40% 
 of our nation’s blood and blood cell components to donors. Your blood do
 nations are used for patients in need of surgery\, cancer treatment and tr
 ansfusions for blood loss from traumatic injuries. Want to know more about
  the blood supply in the U.S.? Visit the Facts About Blood Supply page.   
 Why Cancer Patients Need Blood For cancer patients\, blood transfusions ca
 n act as a resource to implement platelets back into the body after heavy 
 treatments such as chemo or radiation therapy. For cancer patients\, blood
  cells that are made in the bone marrow are often at risk. This lack of bl
 ood cell production can cause chronic diseases over time which may affect 
 organs such as the kidneys\, spleen and liver.   The Importance of Diversi
 ty in the Blood Supply Maintaining diversity in the blood supply is essent
 ial. Some blood types are quite rare and are likeliest to be found among p
 eople with shared ancestral origins. Visit our Blood and Diversity page fo
 r more information on the need for diversity in the blood supply.   
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LOCATION:Everett Elks Lodge
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SUMMARY:American Red Cross Blood Drive @EverettElks
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 e: 16px\;">We tend to assume there will be blood available when it is need
 ed\, but blood cannot be manufactured. It can only come from a person who 
 donates it. Approximately 30\,000 units of blood are used in the U.S. each
  day\, and every 2 seconds\, someone in the U.S. needs a blood transfusion
 . Blood shortages occur regularly and potentially can cause a delay in tre
 atment for patients.</span></p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; marg
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 le="box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: arial
 \, helvetica\, sans-serif\;">Want to donate blood with us?&nbsp\;</span></
 span></span></p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 10.
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 background-color: transparent\; color: rgb(0\, 93\, 170)\; text-decoration
 : none\; cursor: pointer\;">Donate Blood\, Platelets or Plasma. Give Life 
 | Red Cross Blood</a>&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;Use zip code 98201 to find our
  drive!&nbsp\; (If you don&#39\;t see it on first try\, you might need to 
 adjust the date range)</span></span></p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-b
 ox\; margin: 0px 0px 10.5px\;">&nbsp\;</p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border
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 r-box\; font-size: 14px\;"><a href="https://www.healthline.com/health/bene
 fits-of-donating-blood" style="box-sizing: border-box\; background-color: 
 transparent\; color: rgb(0\, 93\, 170)\; text-decoration: none\; cursor: p
 ointer\;">Benefits of Donating Blood: Side Effects\, Advantages\, and More
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 bout 328 million people currently live in the U.S. Each year\, approximate
 ly 6.8 million people in the U.S donate blood. Annually\, this adds up to 
 about 13.6 million units of whole blood collected for donation in the U.S.
  The Red Cross provides about 40% of our nation&rsquo\;s blood and blood c
 ell components to donors. Your blood donations are used for patients in ne
 ed of surgery\, cancer treatment and transfusions for blood loss from trau
 matic injuries. Want to know more about the blood supply in the U.S.? Visi
 t the <u style="box-sizing: border-box\;"><a data-aa-link-button="Facts-Ab
 out-Blood-Supply" href="https://www.redcrossblood.org/donate-blood/how-to-
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 sizing: border-box\; background-color: transparent\; color: rgb(0\, 124\, 
 175)\; text-decoration: none\; cursor: pointer\; touch-action: manipulatio
 n\;">Facts About Blood Supply</a></u> page.</span></span></p>\n</div>\n</d
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  rare and are likeliest to be found among people with shared ancestral ori
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 ="Blood-and-Diversity" href="https://www.redcrossblood.org/donate-blood/bl
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