ECPC asks community to support critical blood drive
MANCHESTER — Eastern Connecticut Pathology Consultants is asking the community to help address a critically low blood supply. The Manchester Road Race has teamed up with the Red Cross to host the Ray Crothers Blood Drive at Manchester High School on Friday, Nov. 24 – the day after Thanksgiving.
Ray Crothers Blood Drive
Friday, Nov. 24 from 8:30-3:30 p.m.
Manchester High School
134 Middle Turnpike
Donated blood makes a difference in a wide number of life-saving situations. It saves lives when people have suffered a traumatic injury, undergo surgery and during childbirth. It helps people with blood disorders, cancer and other critical illnesses.
All donors will receive free refreshments and race T-shirts.
ECPC is a proud sponsor of the Manchester Road Race, which is in its 87th year. In past years, the blood donated at the Ray Crothers Blood Drive, held every year the day after the race, has benefited over 1,000 patients in need of blood, plasma and platelets. In recent years, the drive has become one of the largest single-day blood collection efforts in Connecticut.
Walk-in donors are welcome, but appointments are encouraged. You can register online at www.manchesterroadrace.com.
At ECPC, we view ourselves as closely connected to the spectrum of hospitals, cancer centers, physician laboratories and patients we serve. With every specimen we examine, we provide a core service that directly affects the health outcomes in the communities in which we practice. (Read more about ECPC’s history.)