The Knights of Columbus Council #5162 will be hosting a Red Cross Blood Drive on Saturday, June 6th in the Church Hall at St. Kathryn Parish, 4 Dracut Rd, Hudson. Donation hours will be 9 am to 2 pm. The Blood Drive is an essential activity, as outlined by the Center for Disease Control (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Governor’s Emergency Order #17. The Red Cross is taking special precautions during the COVID-19 crisis to ensure the safety of donors and staff. These precautions include:

• All donors are temperature-screened before being permitted into the blood drive. If bodily temperature is above 99.5°F, the donor is asked to donate another time instead

• All Red Cross staff are asked to check their temperature before presenting to work, and will not to report for work if they are showing any symptoms or test above 99.5°F

• Blood donors are asked to use hand sanitizer before and during the donation process

• All staff, volunteers and donors will be required to wear face masks or coverings at the blood drive

• Staff wear gloves throughout the donation process, changing gloves between every donor

• Donor beds are sanitized between every donor

• Red Cross is implementing social distancing space of 6 feet between donors wherever possible.

Whole blood and “Power Red” (i.e. “double red”) donors are accepted.

Please sign up now on-line at: www.rcblood.org/appt

Once registered, save time by using RapidPass® to complete your pre-donation reading and health history online before you come to your appointment. Get started at: www.RedCrossBlood.org/RapidPass

The need for blood is constant, and volunteer donors are the only source of blood for those in need. Please volunteer.”

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