UPDATE 1pm EST: News outlets reporting that blood banks are at full capacity. Donors are urged to come back over the next few days. The need will continue. Find other ways to help in the comments below.
Urgent call for blood: For anyone in the Central Florida area, blood is needed for the victims of the gay club massacre in Orlando.
There is an urgent need for O Negative, O Positive and AB Plasma blood donors following a mass shooting in Orlando, Florida." said the news release from OneBlood.
Donors should be healthy, age 16 or older and weigh at least 100 pounds.
Here is a list of blood donor centers and bloodmobile locations:
--Orlando West Michigan Donor Center, 345 W Michigan Street, Ste. 106, Orlando, FL 32806
--Orlando Main Donor Center, 8669 Commodity Circle, Orlando, FL 32819
--Oviedo Donor Center, 1954 W. State Road 426, Oviedo, FL 32765
--Asbury United Methodist Church - Bloodmobile 220, West Horatio Avenue, Maitland, FL 32751
--St. Luke's United Methodist Church – Bloodmobile, 4851 S. Apopka Vineland Road, Orlando, FL 32819
--Metro Church – Bloodmobile, 1491 East State Road 434, Winter Springs, FL 32708
Also, Facebook has a page for checking the safety of people in Orlando: www.facebook.com/...