Windsor Express and Canadian Blood Services Become "Partners for Life"
December 3, 2014 - National Basketball League of Canada (NBL Canada)
Windsor Express News Release
(WINDSOR, ON) The Windsor Express have joined Canadian Blood Services to create a "Partners for Life" profile, helping the Windsor community by giving this life saving gift.
Fans, staff, sponsors and media are invited to engage in this program, which tracks and reports all donations made under the Windsor Express portfolio.
Members of Canadian Blood Services will be at the Express game on January 21st at Caesar's Windsor and have designated January 27th - January 31st, 2015 as "Windsor Express Week" at the Windsor clinic, found at 3909 Grand Maris Road East.
Anyone can come by the clinic during the following hours and mention you are donating under the "Windsor Express", to help the program grow.
Tuesday, Friday and Saturday - 8:00am - 12:00pm
Wednesday - 3:00pm - 7:00pm
Thursday - 11:30am - 7:30pm
To book an appointment or to find a clinic near you, call us at 1 888 2 DONATE (1-888-236-6283), visit the Canadian Blood Services website at www.blood.ca or get the new GiveBlood App at the App store or Google Play.
DID YOU KNOW:
- Cancer patients are the biggest users of blood and blood products. Up to 8 units a week can be used to help a patient during treatment.
-Less than 4% of the eligible population actually donates. To put this in perspective, 1 in 2 people CAN donate, but 1 in 60 actually do.
-Every minute of every day, someone in Canada needs blood or blood products.
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