Save a Life and Light Up the Holidays:
Festive Gift for Blood Donors
NEWS RELEASE: Cara Nicolas, Associate Director, PR
CINCINNATI, OH (November 30, 2020) – Hoxworth Blood Center, University of Cincinnati is spreading holiday cheer early this year by offering donors a festive gift when they come and donate blood.
Alecia Lipton, Director of Public Relations at Hoxworth Blood Center noted cancer treatments, traumas, and emergency surgeries don’t stop during the holiday season—and patients will still require blood products while the community is busy purchasing gifts and hanging decorations. She also added there is an urgent need for recovered COVID-19 patients to donate convalescent plasma, especially as cases of the virus surge in the Tri-State area. All donors at Hoxworth Neighborhood Donor Centers will receive a pair of light-up Hoxworth Holiday socks now thru Saturday, Dec. 12.
“It is no secret that 2020 has been a stressful year for most of us, and for blood banks across the country, the need for blood products causes added strain around the holidays,” said Lipton. “We figured that our donors could benefit from a little early holiday cheer—so when they roll up a sleeve at one of our seven Neighborhood Donor Centers, they’ll get an exclusive gift from us!”
Hoxworth Blood Centers continue to call for eligible donors to give the gift of life by donating blood during this special holiday time of need – and enjoy of festive gift of holiday cheer from Hoxworth. Schedule your next donation now.
Hoxworth continues to follow social distancing guidelines at donor centers and blood drives. Masks are required per local guidelines.
To schedule a donation, call (513) 451-0910 or visit www.hoxworth.org. Appointments are encouraged at this time in order to maintain social distancing protocol.
