Blood drives in Richmond Hill, Jamaica

“Donate Today, Save Lives Tomorrow” is the motto of the New York Blood Center, which is seeking blood donors as the state faces a blood shortage.

If interested in helping either via a blood donation or via a financial gift to the nonprofit, visit nybc.org. Just one pint of blood can save three lives.

There are four places listed now to donate blood in Southeast Queens:

• Baba Makhan Shah Labana Sikh Center, bus mobile, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 26, at 113-10 101 Ave. in South Richmond Hill; blood drive coordinator Inderjeet Singh;

• York College’s Atrium, 12 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 30, at 94-20 Guy R. Brewer Blvd. in Jamaica; blood drive coordinator Dr. Jean Phelps;

• NYPD 103rd Precinct’s muster room, 12 to 6 pm. on Tuesday, Dec. 12, at 168-02 91 Ave. in Jamaica; blood drive coordinator Sgt. Navdeep Singh; and

• Central Library, bus mobile, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday, Feb. 26, at 89-11 Merrick Blvd. in Jamaica; blood drive coordinator Nina Luca Bolowsky.

— Naeisha Rose

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