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Are you ready to roll up your sleeve and save a life? Solvita Blood Center and the Elida FFA are teaming up for another blood donor day on January 15, 2025. Blood donations seem to fall during the wintertime, and local hospitals are constantly using blood supplies for not only emergency situations but also other scheduled procedures.

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October 31, 2024, Press Release from Solvita: DAYTON, Ohio – Step up and donate to begin the season of giving and get a free bundle of holiday socks when you register to donate at the Mercy Health-St. Rita's Medical Center community blood drive Monday, Nov. 11 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Physician and Cafe Conference Rooms, 730 W. Market St., Lima. Schedule a blood donation with Solvita (formerly Community Blood Center) on the Donor Time app, by calling (937) 461-3220, or at Mercy Health-St. Rita's Medical Center community blood drive Monday, Nov. 11 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 730 W. Market St., Lima, or at www.donortime.com.

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October 31, 2024, Press Release from Solvita: DAYTON, Ohio – Step up and donate to begin the season of giving and get a free bundle of holiday socks when you register to donate at these upcoming Auglaize County Crown Equipment blood drives: Crown Equipment community blood drive Wednesday, Nov. 13 from 7 to 11 a.m. at Plant 4, 710 W. Monroe St., New Bremen. Crown Equipment community blood drive Thursday, Nov. 14 from 7 to 11 a.m. at 075787 state Route 219, New Knoxville. Schedule a blood donation with Solvita (formerly Community Blood Center) on the Donor Time app, by calling (937) 461-3220, or at www.donortime.com.

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Solvita sponsored the first blood drive of the school year over at Elida High School. This is the first year Solvita has partnered with Elida's Future Farmers of America (FFA) blood drive. The drive was open to students and the public and had over 40 people registered. There were snacks and free Texas Roadhouse peanuts and rolls on hand for anyone who donated. 

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Donations of blood were coming in at a critical time of need today inside Mercy Health-St. Rita's. People stopped by St. Rita's to donate some of their blood for the Solvita Blood Center blood drive. Their generous blood donations will go toward any area of medicine where it is needed. The donations come following a dramatic decline in blood donations over the summer months in addition to critical shortages of certain types of blood.

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September 10, 2024, Press Release from the Elida Local School District: The Elida High School Future Farmers of America (FFA) students are sponsoring a Blood Donor Day with Solvita on Wednesday, September 18, 2024 from 9:00am until 2:00pm in the Elida High School Auxiliary Gym, 401 East North Street in Elida. Not only will your donation be helping the current blood shortage, but an added incentive to possibly win tickets to the OSU/Michigan Game on Nov. 30.

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August 29, 2024, Press Release from Solvita: DAYTON, Ohio – Get a chance to win tickets to the Ohio State vs. Michigan game by donating at the Mercy Health - St. Rita's Medical Center community blood drive Tuesday, Sept. 10 from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Physician and Cafe Conference Room, 730 W. Market St., Lima.

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July 26, 2024, Press Release from Solvita: DAYTON, Ohio – Solvita is issuing an emergency alert for a shortage of nearly all blood types. There is an immediate and urgent need for type O positive and negative, type B positive and negative, and type A negative. Schedule an appointment to donate with Solvita (formerly Community Blood Center) on the Donor Time app, by calling (937) 461-3220, or at www.donortime.com.

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July 3, 2024, Press Release from Solvita: DAYTON, Ohio – Help raise the summer blood supply by donating at the Mercy Health-St. Rita's Medical Center community blood drive Tuesday, July 16 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Physician and Café conference rooms, 730 W. Market St., Lima.