West Haverstraw, NY- Helen Hayes Hospital will host a Blood Drive to address New York’s urgent blood need on Tuesday, August 6, 2019 from 11am-5pm in the hospital’s auditorium. All who present to donate at the drive will receive a voucher for two tickets to a NY Mets game at CitiField from the New York […]
Hudson Valley schools are coming together to ensure area hospitals have access to the life-saving blood they need ahead of the colder months. The schools are working with New York Blood Center to hold drives throughout early November with extended hours to make it easy for donors to participate. Blood reserves typically drop in the […]
Even in the lazy, hazy days of summer, we all find ourselves pressed for time. There’s never enough—we would all like to find more time to do things not just for ourselves, but also for people in need. You want to help out, but where is the time? If that sounds like you, I have […]
Helen Hayes Hospital will host a Blood Drive on Tuesday, May 8 from 11:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Eligible participants must be 16 or older, in good health, weigh at least 110 pounds and not have donated whole blood in the last 56 days or made an ALYX donation in the last 112 days. Donors […]
BY KATHY KAHN STONY POINT – Colleen Woods, a Stony Point resident and former North Rockland School District employee, was having a wonderful life until doctors broke the news to her about her inexplicable health concerns: It was non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. Colleen’s brother, Tim Duffy, is an active member of the Stony Point Fire Department and […]
The County of Rockland announces that due to recent winter storms, the New York Blood Center was forced to cancel several blood drives in the area and in other cases donors were unable to make scheduled appointments which has severely affected the blood supply. “We urge residents, who are able to do so, to donate […]