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Blood Drives This Week, Next In Greater Pottstown

Posted on 18 January 2011. Tags:

Can you spare a pint?

POTTSTOWN PA – Blood collection drives will be conducted this week and next in Pottstown, Douglassville and Limerick PA by the Miller-Keystone Blood Center. Drives are scheduled for:

  • Wednesday (Jan. 19) from 8-11 a.m. at HCR Manor Care, 724 Charlotte St., Pottstown PA;
  • Thursday (Jan. 20) from 3-7 p.m. at Mountain View Chapel, 68 Old Douglass Dr., Douglassville PA;
  • Jan. 24 (Tuesday) from 3-7 p.m. at The Elks Home, 61 High St., Pottstown PA;
  • Jan. 24 (Tuesday) from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Fred Beans Nissan, 55 Autopark Road, Limerick PA; and
  • Jan. 25 (Wednesday) from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at U.S. Axle, 275 Shoemaker Road, Pottstown PA.

Appointments are required and may be made by calling the blood bank at 610-926-6060.

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