Red Cross Urges Dover Residents to Give Blood as Supply Hits Four-Year Low
Red Cross urges Dover-area residents to give blood as Massachusetts supply hits a four-year summer low. The Red Cross said statewide blood donations have not kept pace with hospital demand this summer, a shortfall Dover-Sherborn Patch highlighted in an Aug. 1 report urging residents to …
DOVER -- Massachusetts blood donations have fallen to their lowest summer level in four years and are not keeping pace with hospital demand, the American Red Cross said, according to a report from Dover-Sherborn Patch, prompting an urgent call for area donors.
ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS
"MA Blood Donors Urgently Needed As Red Cross Declares National Crisis": The Red Cross says Massachusetts blood donations have dropped to their lowest summer level in four years, falling short of hospital demand and prompting an urgent push for new donors, Dover-Sherborn Patch reports (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/dover/s/kkvsc/ma-blood-donors-urgently-needed-as-red-cross-declares-national-crisis).
COMING UP
Dover's Board of Fire Engineers and the Tree Preservation Committee are both scheduled to meet Monday, Aug. 3, according to the town calendar. On Tuesday, Aug. 4, the Dover Patch community calendar lists an August Toddler Playgroup at Riverbend School.
Compiled from official town feeds, community organizations, and local press. Outside reporting is attributed inline.
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