Community Blood Center of the Carolinas Opens New Donation Center in Monroe Today
Posted: 10-28-2009 : CHARLOTTE, N.C.

CHARLOTTE – The Community Blood Center of the Carolinas (CBCC) announced that it has opened a third regional donation center that is housed at Carolinas Medical Center-Union (CMC-Union), located at 600 Hospital Drive in Monroe. The donation center, located in the Pavilion area, will be open Tuesdays and Fridays from 7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. and will eventually include additional donation times. Because of limited capacity, appointments to donate blood are strongly encouraged by calling 704-972-4700 or visiting www.cbcc.us/donate.

The Community Blood Center of the Carolinas (CBCC) is also teaming up with the Union County Chamber of Commerce to host a ribbon-cutting ceremony and grand opening celebration of the new CMC-Union center on Friday, Nov. 13 at 10:00 a.m.

“We are excited partner with CMC-Union so that the Union County community has a convenient location, in addition to our mobile drives, to donate blood,” said Martin Grable, president and CEO of Community Blood Center of the Carolinas. “Our goal is to make it as easy as possible for the community to donate blood. We rely on local donors to meet the life-saving blood needs of local patients.”

About Community Blood Center of the Carolinas
The Community Blood Center of the Carolinas is an independent, locally-managed, non-profit community blood center providing more than 90 percent of the blood supply to the 14 area hospitals that serve 11 North Carolina and three South Carolina counties. The Center’s mission is to be the steward of a community resource, lifesaving blood. CBCC is strictly a blood center, completely focused on gathering red blood cells, platelets and plasma from volunteer donors to save local lives. Every drop of blood collected stays here to help people in our community.

The Community Blood Center of the Carolinas is a member of America's Blood Centers, a group of 76 independent blood centers that supplies 50 percent of the country's blood. It subscribes to a community-based blood banking philosophy. That means community donors know that the blood they give stays in our community first -- helping family members, friends and neighbors. Excess supply is shared with other communities when needed. For information on blood drives near you, visit www.cbcc.us or call (704) 972-4700. You may also donate blood at CBCC, located at 4447 South Boulevard in Charlotte or 1212 Spruce Street in Belmont.