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Give Life. Give Blood.

The Australian Red Cross Blood Service is now Australian Red Cross Lifeblood

If you come see us at North Lakes, outside of Good Guys on
the 17th to the 20th December, you may have noticed a few
changes! We’ve changed our name, and we’ve changed our
look.
Our new name reflects all the different ways that our organisations
support Australian lives with our magnificent donors, through
blood, organ matching, tissue typing, donated breast milk
and more.
But, the message remains the same. In Australia, we need
29 000 blood donations every single week, to help patients
recover from cancer, surgeries, and accidents. 1 in 3 people
will require a blood product in our life time, and only 1 in 30
of us donate.
The other thing that has remained the same is the dedication
of our team to our donors. We love welcoming new and
returned blood donors to our centres, and we love being part
of the life-giving journey of our donors. We also love seeing
teams of people, whether from workplaces, community or
sporting groups, seeing teams pull together for the common
good is very special to us.
If you are interested in donating blood, please search ‘lifeblood’,
or call us on 13 14 95.
If you’re interested in getting together with some friends or
family, you can contact Liam from Lifeblood at lrichardson@
redcrossblood.or.au
Together, we’re Australia’s Lifeblood.
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