Join us in the Beat Bama Blood Drive

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - If you bleed purple and gold, show off your tiger pride by donating to the Beat Bama Blood Drive.

The donations will be tallied at set locations in Baton Rouge and Birmingham, Alabama.

You can stop by one of several First American Bank and Trust locations until 5 p.m. today.

Stop by one of the NAPA Auto Parts locations to donate today.

You have until Friday, Nov. 4 to donate!

The Beat Bama Blood Drive kicked off Saturday, Oct. 29. The blood drive is off to a great start receiving 47 donations on the first day.

According to health experts, every two seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood. That equals nearly 36,000 units of red blood cells, 7,000 units of platelets and 10,000 units of plasma that are needed every day across the U.S.

Blood donations are down since the pandemic but your donations could save patients with life-threatening conditions.

The blood drive is from Saturday, Oct. 29 to Friday, Nov. 4.

Each location will be open from 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

WAFB's Tisha Powell gives an update on how the Beat Bama blood drive is going.

Help WAFB Beat Bama & our sister station WBRC in a showdown for the ages!

Locations:

Beat Bama blood drive locations — Beat Bama blood drive locations(WAFB)

For more information you can visit the WAFB website.

WAFB's Tisha Powell gives an update on how the Beat Bama blood drive is going.

According to health experts, every two seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood.

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