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Storms hurt blood donations to Red Cross

Drive set for F’ville church Oct. 3

The recent spate of hurricanes has affected blood donations to the American Red Cross, which is currently down to just one and a half days’ supply of blood.

With blood drives cancelled due to power outages and other storm-related difficulties, the Red Cross is short about 1,000 pints of blood for the month so far, said spokesperson Cammie Barnes.

“It affects us in ways I don’t think people would think about,” Barnes said of the storms.

Local residents will have another chance to help out Sunday, Oct. 3 at Fayetteville First United Methodist Church between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. during a local blood drive. The Red Cross’ South Metro Donor Center, in Stockbridge, takes donations from 1-8 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturdays.

Appointments for the local drive or the donor center can be made by calling 1-800-GIVE-LIFE. Walk-ins will also be accepted.

Both O negative and O positive are especially needed as always, Barnes said. O negative is the universal blood type and O positive is the most common blood type, accounting for 38 percent of the population, Barnes noted.