St. Boniface Hosts Waukee Community Blood Drive Tomorrow

The is hosting the Waukee Community Blood Drive tomorrow, Saturday, from 8 a.m. to noon at the church at 1200 Warrior Lane.

Walk-ins are welcome or you can make an appointment by calling (800) 287-4903 or by going on the Blood Center of Iowa's website.

Here are some fun facts about blood donation from the Blood Center of Iowa...Did you know?:

• Only 38 percent of the U.S. population is eligible to donate blood but less than 10 percent donate annually.
• There is no substitute for human blood.
• You cannot get AIDS or any other infectious disease by donating blood.
• Healthy adults who are 16 years old and weigh at least 120 pounds may donate one pint of whole blood – the most common form of donation – every 56 days.
• One unit of whole blood is roughly the equivalent of one pint.
• About 1 in 7 people entering a hospital need blood.
• Females receive 53 percent of blood transfusions; males receive 47 percent.
• One unit of blood can be separated into several components: red blood cells, plasma, platelets.
• Fourteen lab tests (11 for infectious diseases) are performed on each unit of donated blood.