The nonprofit center, located at 5141 Sunset Blvd., will also serve as a hub and packing center for Midlands blood mobiles, according to a news release from the organization.
Starting this Thursday, June 3, the mobile unit for The Blood Connection has scheduled several donor events in Laurens County to try and meet the desperate need for all types of whole blood across the upstate.
The Blood Connection says the blood supply in our area is critically low after months of historically low blood donor turnout.
As blood donations hit a historic low, even worse than the early months of the pandemic, the Blood Connection is doing what it can to get more people to donate.
S.C Department of Health and Environmental Control URGING people to please donate blood and blood products – The Blood Connectionhas let us know how URGENT the need as they supply all of the Upstate hospitals as well as many others in both Carolinas and Georgia.
Workers at The Blood Connection in Buncombe County say they’re seeing a historically low donor turnout — even lower than during the start of the pandemic last year.