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(Hyannis,) Cape Cod Hospital and Falmouth Hospital are in urgent need of blood donations, and numerous blood drives are being held across Cape Cod in March to benefit Cape Cod Healthcare (CCHC). The hospitals must have at least one week’s worth of blood on hand at all times. Since each unit collected or purchased only lasts 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. Blood collected at CCHC Blood Drives stays on Cape Cod to help our families, friends and neighbors. Donors to CCHC blood drives in March will get a Cumberland Farms Gift Card. Those donating at the Market Basket blood drive will get a Market Basket Gift Card and those donating at the Rotary Home and Garden Show will received free admission to the show. 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. March 2020 CCHC Blood Drives • March 7: 7 am – 2 p.m., Nicholas G. Xiarhos Blood Donor Center inside Cape Cod Hospital, 27 Park St, Hyannis. • March 10: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., Mid-Cape Home Centers, 465 Route 134, Dennis. • March 11: 11:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., Cape Regency, 120 South Main Street, Centerville. • March 14: 7 am – 2 p.m., Nicholas G. Xiarhos Blood Donor Center inside Cape Cod Hospital, 27 Park St, Hyannis. • March 16: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Cape Cod 5, 75 Brackett Rd, North Eastham. • March 18: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Cape Cod Hospital, Lorusso Conference Room, 27 Park Street, Hyannis. • March 20: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., Market Basket, 1 Factory Outlet Way, Bourne. • March 25: 2:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., Monomoy HS, 75 Oak Street, Harwich. • March 26: 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Falmouth Hospital, 100 Ter Heun Drive, Falmouth. • March 28: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Rotary Home and Garden Show, Barnstable HS, 744 West Main Street, Barnstable. • March 30: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Cotuit federated Church, 40 School Street, Cotuit. • March 31: 12 noon – 5 p.m., Chatham Community Center, 702 Main Street, Chatham In addition, the Nicholas G. Xiarhos Blood Donor Center at Cape Cod Hospital is open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. for platelet donations and walk-in blood donations and is also open on select weekends. To find out more, please call us at 508-862-5663. Cape Cod Healthcare is the leading provider of healthcare services for residents and visitors of Cape Cod. With more than 475 physicians, 5,700 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, four urgent care centers, an assisted living facility, and numerous health programs. For more information, visit Cape Cod Healthcare’s web site at www.capecodhealth.org