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Blood Donors Needed
June 17, 2021 @ 8:00 am - June 30, 2021 @ 5:00 pm MST
VOLKSWAGEN DONATES 2021 TIGUAN TO AWARD TO SUMMER BLOOD DONOR
Southern Arizona Locations: All May 28 – Sept. 10 Blood Donors Entered into Vitalant’s Summer Drive to Save Lives!
Arizona Statewide – May 28 – Sept. 10, 2021 – Transform lives by donating blood May 28 – Sept. 10 with Vitalant and be automatically entered to win a 2021 VW Tiguan 2.0T S! The seven Valley Volkswagen dealers have donated the car and partnered with Vitalant in the 13th annual campaign to help inspire more people to give blood this summer. Ten finalists will be drawn to participate in the grand prize ceremony. They will be unveiled throughout the summer on AZ-TV, proud media partner for the “Summer Drive to Save Lives” campaign. For location information and donation appointments, visit Vitalant’s new scheduling site at donors.vitalant.org or call 1-877-25-VITAL (1-877-258-4825) – locations detailed below.
During the three-month summer campaign with Valley Volkswagen Dealers, Vitalant hopes to attract nearly 50,000 blood donors to save lives in Arizona hospitals. Those donors will help people like Hayley, who was able to celebrate her 21st birthday and graduate from college last month thanks to 95 blood donors. She was born with Diamond Blackfan Anemia, a rare disease that prevented her body from producing red blood cells. She relied on the kindness of strangers to provide lifesaving blood transfusions every month at Phoenix Children’s Hospital until she was able to receive a bone marrow transplant. “Blood donors allowed our daughter to play, jump and laugh like other children – and gave her the chance to grow up,” said her mom, Melana. “They are true heroes.”
“The seven Valley Volkswagen Dealers genuinely believe in giving back to the communities in which we live and do business,” said Lunde’s Peoria Volkswagen GM Troy Dosch on behalf of the dealerships. “What better way is there than to support Vitalant in their efforts to make sure there is an adequate blood supply for those in need.”
Vitalant hopes to motivate people to donate more often this summer – to help more patients like Hayley and earn additional chances to win the 2021 VW Tiguan. “While donors are generally eligible to give blood every eight weeks, the majority (65%) donate just once a year,” said Sid Lewis, Sr. Director of Donor Recruitment for the Vitalant Southwest Division.
Vitalant Blood Donation Appointments: www.vitalant.org or 877-25-VITAL (877-258-4825)
Public Blood Drives by City
Casa Grande
Mon, June 28, 9am-1pm, Palm Creek Golf & RV Resort, 1110 N Henness Rd
Tue, June 29, 10am-2pm, City of Casa Grande Emp Wellness Comm, 449 N Drylake St
Eloy
Mon, June 21, 9am-1pm, Robson Ranch, 5750 N Robson Blvd
Wed, June 30, 8am-12pm, Empire Southwest Eloy, 3501 W Houser Rd
Maricopa
Thu, June 17, 10am-2pm, Banner Health Center Maricopa, 17900 N Porter Rd
Mon, June 28, 9am-1pm, Harrah’s Ak-Chin Casino, 15406 Maricopa Rd
Tucson
Mon, June 28, 10am-2pm, DOD Tucson National Guard, 1750 E Silverlake Rd
About Vitalant
Vitalant (“Vye-TAL-ent”) is the nation’s largest independent, nonprofit blood services provider exclusively focused on providing lifesaving blood and comprehensive transfusion medicine services for about 900 hospitals and their patients across the U.S. Every day, Vitalant needs to collect about 5,300 blood, platelet and plasma donations to help save lives. For more information and to schedule a donation appointment, visit vitalant.org or call 877-25-VITAL (877-258-4825). Follow us onFacebook, Twitter and Instagram.
About Volkswagen
Founded in 1955, Volkswagen of America, Inc., an operating unit of Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (VWoA) is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia. It is a subsidiary of Volkswagen AG, headquartered in Wolfsburg, Germany. VWoA’s operations in the United States include research and development, parts and vehicle processing, parts distribution centers, sales, marketing and service offices, financial service centers, and its state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The Volkswagen Group is one of the world’s largest producers of passenger cars and Europe’s largest automaker. VWoA sells the Arteon, Atlas, Atlas Cross Sport, Golf, Golf GTI, ID.4, Jetta, Jetta GLI, Passat, Taos and Tiguan.There are seven Volkswagen dealers located in Maricopa County. For more information, visit http://www.vw.com/dealers/vw-phoenix/.
• Avondale – Larry Miller Volkswagen, 10205 W. Papago Fwy.
• Gilbert – Berge Volkswagen, 385 W. Baseline Rd.
• Gilbert – San Tan Volkswagen, 1489 E. Motorplex Loop
• Peoria – Lunde’s Peoria Volkswagen, 8801 W. Bell Rd.
• Phoenix – Camelback Volkswagen, 1499 E. Camelback Rd.
• Phoenix – Volkswagen North Scottsdale, 7001 E. Chauncey Ln.
• Scottsdale (New Location) – Chapman Volkswagen, 3950 N. 89th St.