Community Blood Center will be hosting a blood drive Friday in Lawrence Memorial Hospital conference rooms A and D South, 325 Maine St. The conference rooms will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. To make an appointment to donate blood, call 749-5800 or visit esavealifenow.org and use sponsor code lawrencehosp.
Blood drive set for Friday at hospital
- on October 31, 2012
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