Adirondack Regional Blood Center and Stewart’s Shops are teaming up to reward blood donors with a certificate for a free pint of ice cream if they donate blood at a participating health center during the month of September.
This campaign was created to help meet the demand for treating patients recovering from accidents, burns and heart surgery, as well as people battling various types of cancer.
Demand for blood donations is so high that someone in the United States needs blood every two seconds.
Adirondack Regional Blood Center, a program of the University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital, is conducting blood drives throughout several Adirondack communities in September in a race to keep pace with the growing need for red cells, platelets and plasma.
“Here in the North Country, neighbors help each other. And Stewart’s is a place where neighbors meet up. So working together to encourage life-saving blood donations makes perfect sense,” said Shannon Nutbrown, operations supervisor at the Adirondack Regional Blood Center. “If you donate one pint, you’re saving up to three lives. Think about how much of a difference you’re making, and you even get a sweet treat out of it.”
The September Give a Pint, Get a Pint campaign is open to all donors who give blood at a participating Adirondack Regional Blood Center location throughout Essex, Clinton, Franklin and St. Lawrence counties. Each donor will receive a certificate for a free pint of Stewart’s pre-packaged ice cream or gelato. Click here to learn more about Adirondack Regional Blood Center.
“There is such a need for blood donors throughout the Adirondacks,” said Stewart’s Shops chief operating officer Chad Kiesow. “We cannot think of a sweeter way to support our communities and thank donors than for our two organizations to partner and provide free pints of Stewart’s ice cream.”
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