From Councilwoman Amanda Sawyer – District 5 Today kicks off our 3rd Annual Southeast Denver Gives Blood Donation Drive! To commemorate National Blood Drive Month, Council District 5 will be holding our annual blood drive throughout the month of January, in partnership with Lowry’s Vitalant Blood Donation Center. Blood donation is a great way to help support our neighbors in need and our community as a whole. Platelets most often help cancer patients, but are also needed to treat those with blood disorders and patients undergoing open-heart surgery or organ transplants. To meet the demands of their hospital partners throughout Colorado, Vitalant must collect more than 600 blood donations each day! To make an appointment from January 1-31, click here to visit our Council District 5 Facebook Event Page, then click the link to book at any Vitalant location. We are also excited to share that many potential donors who were previously unable to give blood are now eligible due to recent updated guidance from the FDA. Those who may have been disqualified because of “Mad Cow Disease” should review their eligibility requirements at www.vitalant.org or by calling 877-25-VITAL (84825). You may now qualify to donate blood! Vitalant’s Lowry location, just north of the Great Lawn at 717 Yosemite St., it their largest site in Colorado; but you can donate blood at any Vitalant location and still participate in our donation drive. Just mention the Southeast Denver Gives Blood Drive when you check in to donate. | 
