More Opportunities To Help Save Lives

Community members interested in donating blood have the opportunity to do so at five blood drives scheduled for the remainder of 2011 at the Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District.

The district has traditionally hosted six blood drives annually at its headquarters, located at 31315 Chaney Street in Lake Elsinore. Thirty-two EVMWD employees and community members participated at the first blood drive of the year on Feb. 2.

Blood drives, which take place the first Wednesday of every other month, have been scheduled from 1 to 5 p.m. for the following dates: April 6, June 1, Aug. 3, Oct. 5 and Dec. 7.

Though EVMWD hosts the drives, representatives of Lifestream blood bank collect the donations.

Blood donors must be at least 15 years old (with parent/guardian consent if they are 15 or 16 years old), weigh at least 110 pounds, be in good health, be free of high-risk behavior/infectious disease, must not have had a tattoo within the previous year and must provide a list of specific destinations and time periods if they have traveled outside of the country in the previous year.

For more information about Lifestream and blood donation, visit www.lstream.org.--EVMWD