Carter BloodCare of Tyler plans three mobile blood drives in Gilmer

By Phillip Williams

Carter BloodCare of Tyler plans three mobile blood drives in Gilmer between Monday, Nov. 16, and Nov. 30, said Carter drive recruiter Donna A. Russell.

Upshur Rural Electric Cooperative on Texas 154 (which is also 1200 W. Tyler) will host Monday’s drive from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m.

For more information, contact Avery Niles at aniles@urecc.com

The Upshur County office of the Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Service will host a community blood drive Thursday, Nov. 19.

Hours are 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at 101 E. Cass near Dollar General Store. For more information on that drive, contact Julie York, a county extension agent, at julie.york@ag.tamu.edu.

Walmart will host the month’s final local drive from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 30. The supercenter is at 1923 N. Wood (which is also U.S. 271).

For more information on that drive, contact Russell at Drussell@carterbloodcare.org or at 903-574-4998.

The Tyler blood bank was also scheduled to hold blood drives Monday (Nov. 9) at the Credit Union of Texas’ Gilmer branch, and at Walmart, but The Mirror didn’t receive that information in time to publish in last week’s issue.

In a press release, Russell said “25% of the U.S. blood supply supports patients fighting cancer. Your blood donation may help a stranger you will never meet–a person having surgery, a child fighting leukemia, or a neighbor injured on the highway. Every donation writes a lifesaving story.”