LA CROSSE, Wis. (April 3, 2023) — April is National Volunteer Month, and the American Red Cross is
celebrating the millions of people who volunteer to give blood, platelets and plasma throughout the year.
This month, the Red Cross and PEANUTS ® are joining forces as a reminder that it’s cool to be kind and
help save lives.
Don’t wait until there’s a crisis to give – donors of all blood types, especially type O blood donors
and those giving platelets – are needed now to keep the blood supply strong enough to support
critical patient care all season long.
People coming together to care for one another is the humanitarian spirit shared by the Red Cross
community and PEANUTS. Donors are encouraged to take a page from the comic strips that have
charmed generations and take care of one another by making a blood or platelet donation.
Book a time to give by visiting RedCrossBlood.org, downloading the Red Cross Blood Donor App,
or calling 1-800-RED CROSS.
As a thank-you, all who come to give April 1-23 will receive an exclusive Red Cross and PEANUTS T-
shirt featuring Snoopy as the coolest beagle in town, Joe Cool, while supplies last.* Those who come to
give April 1-30 will be automatically entered for a chance to win a three-night trip for two to Sonoma
County, California. This getaway includes flights, hotel, a $1,000 gift card and special tours of the Charles
M. Schulz Museum and Snoopy’s Home Ice, courtesy of Peanuts Worldwide.
Upcoming blood donation opportunities April 3-23
Clark
Neillsville
4/24/2023: 11:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., American Legion Post 73, 6 Boon Blvd, PO Box 204
Thorp
4/25/2023: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., Thorp Fire & Ambulance District Station, Corner of Cty Rd X and S Wilson St
Jackson
Black River Falls
4/19/2023: 11:30 a.m. – 5 p.m., Comfort Inn & Suites, W10170 Hwy 54 E
4/25/2023: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., Lunda Community Center, 405 State Hwy 54
Eau Claire
Augusta
4/26/2023: 12 p.m. – 6 p.m., Augusta High School, E19320 Bartig Road
Eau Claire
4/3/2023: 11:45 a.m. – 6:45 p.m., Chippewa Valley Blood Donation Center, 3485 E Hamilton Ave
4/4/2023: 11:45 a.m. – 6:45 p.m., Chippewa Valley Blood Donation Center, 3485 E Hamilton Ave
4/5/2023: 11:45 a.m. – 6:45 p.m., Chippewa Valley Blood Donation Center, 3485 E Hamilton Ave
4/7/2023: 7:45 a.m. – 2:45 p.m., Chippewa Valley Blood Donation Center, 3485 E Hamilton Ave
4/7/2023: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., Valleybrook Church, 411 S. Barstow St.
4/8/2023: 8 a.m. – 2:45 p.m., Chippewa Valley Blood Donation Center, 3485 E Hamilton Ave
4/9/2023: 8 a.m. – 2:45 p.m., Chippewa Valley Blood Donation Center, 3485 E Hamilton Ave
4/10/2023: 11:45 a.m. – 6:45 p.m., Chippewa Valley Blood Donation Center, 3485 E Hamilton Ave
4/11/2023: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., The Brewing Projekt, 1807 N Oxford Ave
4/11/2023: 11:45 a.m. – 6:45 p.m., Chippewa Valley Blood Donation Center, 3485 E Hamilton Ave
4/12/2023: 11:45 a.m. – 6:45 p.m., Chippewa Valley Blood Donation Center, 3485 E Hamilton Ave
4/14/2023: 7:45 a.m. – 2:45 p.m., Chippewa Valley Blood Donation Center, 3485 E Hamilton Ave
4/15/2023: 8 a.m. – 2:45 p.m., Chippewa Valley Blood Donation Center, 3485 E Hamilton Ave
4/16/2023: 8 a.m. – 2:45 p.m., Chippewa Valley Blood Donation Center, 3485 E Hamilton Ave
4/17/2023: 11:45 a.m. – 6:45 p.m., Chippewa Valley Blood Donation Center, 3485 E Hamilton Ave
4/18/2023: 11:45 a.m. – 6:45 p.m., Chippewa Valley Blood Donation Center, 3485 E Hamilton Ave
4/19/2023: 11:45 a.m. – 6:45 p.m., Chippewa Valley Blood Donation Center, 3485 E Hamilton Ave
4/20/2023: 12:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m., Trinity Lutheran Church Eau Claire, 1314 E Lexington Blvd
4/21/2023: 7:45 a.m. – 2:45 p.m., Chippewa Valley Blood Donation Center, 3485 E Hamilton Ave
4/21/2023: 12 p.m. – 6 p.m., Immaculate Conception Catholic Church Eau Claire, 1712 Highland Ave
4/22/2023: 8 a.m. – 2:45 p.m., Chippewa Valley Blood Donation Center, 3485 E Hamilton Ave
4/23/2023: 8 a.m. – 2:45 p.m., Chippewa Valley Blood Donation Center, 3485 E Hamilton Ave
4/24/2023: 11:45 a.m. – 6:45 p.m., Chippewa Valley Blood Donation Center, 3485 E Hamilton Ave
4/24/2023: 12 p.m. – 6 p.m., St. James the Greater Catholic Church, 2502 11th St
4/25/2023: 11:45 a.m. – 6:45 p.m., Chippewa Valley Blood Donation Center, 3485 E Hamilton Ave
4/26/2023: 11:45 a.m. – 6:45 p.m., Chippewa Valley Blood Donation Center, 3485 E Hamilton Ave
4/28/2023: 7:45 a.m. – 2:45 p.m., Chippewa Valley Blood Donation Center, 3485 E Hamilton Ave
4/29/2023: 8 a.m. – 2:45 p.m., Chippewa Valley Blood Donation Center, 3485 E Hamilton Ave
4/30/2023: 8 a.m. – 2:45 p.m., Chippewa Valley Blood Donation Center, 3485 E Hamilton Ave
5/1/2023: 11:45 a.m. – 6:45 p.m., Chippewa Valley Blood Donation Center, 3485 E Hamilton Ave
5/2/2023: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Davies Center Eau Claire, 105 Garfield Ave.
5/2/2023: 11:45 a.m. – 6:45 p.m., Chippewa Valley Blood Donation Center, 3485 E Hamilton Ave
5/3/2023: 11:45 a.m. – 6:45 p.m., Chippewa Valley Blood Donation Center, 3485 E Hamilton Ave
5/5/2023: 7:45 a.m. – 2:45 p.m., Chippewa Valley Blood Donation Center, 3485 E Hamilton Ave
5/5/2023: 8:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., Regis High School, 2100 Fenwick Avenue
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Fall Creek
4/10/2023: 12 p.m. – 6 p.m., St Raymond Of Parish, E10455 Mallard Road
4/13/2023: 12:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m., Fall Creek High School, 336 E Hoover Ave
La Crosse
Holmen
4/10/2023: 12:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Holmen Community Center, Holmen Community Ctr., 600 N Holmen
Dr.Suite 200
La Crosse
4/3/2023: 11:45 a.m. – 6:30 p.m., La Crosse Blood Donation Center, 1427 Hwy 16
4/4/2023: 11:45 a.m. – 6:30 p.m., La Crosse Blood Donation Center, 1427 Hwy 16
4/5/2023: 11:45 a.m. – 6:30 p.m., La Crosse Blood Donation Center, 1427 Hwy 16
4/7/2023: 8 a.m. – 2:45 p.m., La Crosse Blood Donation Center, 1427 Hwy 16
4/7/2023: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., Black River Beach Community Center, 1433 Rose St.
4/10/2023: 11:45 a.m. – 6:30 p.m., La Crosse Blood Donation Center, 1427 Hwy 16
4/11/2023: 11:45 a.m. – 6:30 p.m., La Crosse Blood Donation Center, 1427 Hwy 16
4/12/2023: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., Pump House, 119 King St.
4/12/2023: 11:45 a.m. – 6:30 p.m., La Crosse Blood Donation Center, 1427 Hwy 16
4/13/2023: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., University of Wisconsin La Crosse Rec Center, 1601 Badger St.
4/14/2023: 8 a.m. – 2:45 p.m., La Crosse Blood Donation Center, 1427 Hwy 16
4/17/2023: 11:45 a.m. – 6:30 p.m., La Crosse Blood Donation Center, 1427 Hwy 16
4/18/2023: 11:45 a.m. – 6:30 p.m., La Crosse Blood Donation Center, 1427 Hwy 16
4/19/2023: 11:45 a.m. – 6:30 p.m., La Crosse Blood Donation Center, 1427 Hwy 16
4/21/2023: 8 a.m. – 2:45 p.m., La Crosse Blood Donation Center, 1427 Hwy 16
4/21/2023: 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., Valley View Mall, 3800 State Rd 16
4/24/2023: 11:45 a.m. – 6:30 p.m., La Crosse Blood Donation Center, 1427 Hwy 16
4/25/2023: 11:45 a.m. – 6:30 p.m., La Crosse Blood Donation Center, 1427 Hwy 16
4/26/2023: 11:45 a.m. – 6:30 p.m., La Crosse Blood Donation Center, 1427 Hwy 16
4/27/2023: 12:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Bethel Lutheran Church, 1931 Loomis
4/28/2023: 8 a.m. – 2:45 p.m., La Crosse Blood Donation Center, 1427 Hwy 16
4/28/2023: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., Central High School, 1801 Losey Blvd
4/29/2023: 8 a.m. – 2:45 p.m., La Crosse Blood Donation Center, 1427 Hwy 16
5/1/2023: 11:45 a.m. – 6:30 p.m., La Crosse Blood Donation Center, 1427 Hwy 16
5/1/2023: 12:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., St Joseph Workman Cathedral, 530 Main St.
5/2/2023: 11:45 a.m. – 6:30 p.m., La Crosse Blood Donation Center, 1427 Hwy 16
5/3/2023: 11:45 a.m. – 6:30 p.m., La Crosse Blood Donation Center, 1427 Hwy 16
5/5/2023: 8 a.m. – 2:45 p.m., La Crosse Blood Donation Center, 1427 Hwy 16
Onalaska
4/14/2023: 12 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Onalaska Omni Center, 255 Riders Club Rd
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5/4/2023: 8 a.m. – 1 p.m., Altra Federal Credit Union, 1700 Oak Forest Dr
Monroe
Sparta
4/4/2023: 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Sparta American Legion, 1116 Angelo Rd
5/2/2023: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., American Legion, 1116 Angelo Rd
Tomah
4/6/2023: 10:45 a.m. – 5 p.m., Masonic Temple, Tomah Masonic Temple, 520 East Saratoga St.
4/20/2023: 12 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Knights of Columbus Hall, 202 E Juneau St
4/24/2023: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., The Toro Company, 200 Sime Ave
How to donate blood
Simply download the American Red Cross Blood Donor App, visit RedCrossBlood.org, call 1-800-RED
CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or enable the Blood Donor Skill on any Alexa Echo device to make an
appointment or for more information. All blood types are needed to ensure a reliable supply for patients. A
blood donor card or driver’s license or two other forms of identification are required at check-in.
Individuals who are 17 years of age in most states (16 with parental consent where allowed by state law),
weigh at least 110 pounds and are in generally good health may be eligible to donate blood. High school
students and other donors 18 years of age and younger also have to meet certain height and weight
requirements.
Blood and platelet donors can save time at their next donation by using RapidPass ® to complete their pre-
donation reading and health history questionnaire online, on the day of their donation, before arriving at
the blood drive. To get started, follow the instructions at RedCrossBlood.org/RapidPass or use the Blood
Donor App.
About the American Red Cross:
The American Red Cross shelters, feeds and provides comfort to victims of disasters; supplies about 40%
of the nation’s blood; teaches skills that save lives; distributes international humanitarian aid; and
supports veterans, military members and their families. The Red Cross is a nonprofit organization that
depends on volunteers and the generosity of the American public to deliver its mission. For more
information, please visit redcross.org or CruzRojaAmericana.org, or visit us on Twitter at @RedCross.
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