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(Hyannis, May 3, 2017) Cape Cod Hospital and Falmouth Hospital are in urgent need of blood donations, and numerous blood drives are being held across Cape Cod in May to benefit Cape Cod Healthcare. Cape Cod Hospital and Falmouth Hospital must have at least one week’s worth of blood on hand at all times. Since each unit collected or purchased will only last between 35 to 42 days, it is a constant challenge to maintain sufficient supply. The majority of this month’s blood drives will be held in the CCHC Blood Mobile, which is located in the parking lot of sponsoring businesses and organizations. All blood collected at CCHC Blood Drives stays on Cape Cod to help our families, friends and neighbors. All those who donate during the month of May will receive a Dunkin’ Donuts gift card, with the exception of the May 31 drive at Wendy’s. Donors at that event will receive a free Wendy’s sandwich. Walk-ins are welcome at all blood drives. To make an appointment to donate blood, please visit www.capecodhealth.org/giveblood or call 508-86BLOOD. May 2017 CCHC Blood Drives • May 4: 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Jon Jaros Memorial Blood Drive at Glynn Electric, 11 Resnik Road, Plymouth • May 5: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank, 532 Main Street, Harwich Port • May 6: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Pat Grant Memorial Blood Drive, Gus Canty Center, 790 Main Street, Falmouth • May 8: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Mid Cape Home Center, 15 Main Street, Orleans • May 10: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Cape Cod Hospital, Lorusso Conference Room, 21 Park Street, Hyannis • May 11: 12 noon to 5 p.m., Truro Council On Aging, 7 Standish Way, North Truro • May 12: 12 noon to 6 p.m., St. Joan of Arc Church, 61 Canal Road, Orleans • May 15: 12 noon to 6 p.m., Marine Masonic Lodge at the John Wesley Church, 270 Gifford Street, Falmouth • May 17: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., The Cooperative Bank of Cape Cod, 695 Attucks Lane, Hyannis • May 18: 10 a.m. to 4 6 p.m., Home Depot, 65 Independence Drive, Hyannis • May 19: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Cape Cod & Islands Association of Realtors, 22 Mid-Tech Drive, West Yarmouth • May 20: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Emerald Physicians, 495 Station Avenue, Yarmouth • May 22: 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., Monomoy Regional High School, 75 Oak Street, Harwich • May 23: 12 noon to 5 p.m., Chatham Community Center, 702 Main Street, Chatham • May 24: 12 noon to 6 p.m., Sandwich Chamber of Commerce Blood Drive, Stoneman Outpatient Center, 2 Jan Sebastian Way, Sandwich • May 26: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Mashpee Library, 64 Steeple Street, Mashpee • May 30: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Marine Biological Laboratory, 100 Water Street, Woods Hole • May 31: 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Wendy’s 15 Canal Road, Orleans Cape Cod Healthcare is the leading provider of healthcare services for residents and visitors of Cape Cod. With more than 450 physicians, 5,300 employees and 790 volunteers, Cape Cod Healthcare has two acute care hospitals, the Cape’s leading provider of homecare and hospice services (VNA), a skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility, an assisted living facility, the Cape’s only local laboratory service and numerous health programs. For more information, visit Cape Cod Healthcare’s web site at www.capecodhealth.org. Cape Cod Healthcare. Visit our health news site www.capecodhealthnews.com for the latest in relevant and credible healthcare news.