Top 100 Atlanta-based furniture retailer Georgia Furniture Mart (GFM) is hosting a community blood drive with the American Red Cross on October 11 from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. in their Norcross store located at 6694 Dawson Blvd.
Schedule a blood donation appointment by visiting https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/donation-time. All participants who give blood will receive a $5 e-gift card to a merchant of their choice.
“Georgia Furniture Mart is committed to strengthening our community and helping meet hospital and patient needs through blood donations, said Mike Hall, Georgia Furniture Mart’s CEO. “This blood drive is our way of giving our community the opportunity to save lives.”
According to the Red Cross, donors with all blood types are needed, especially those with types O negative, A negative and B negative. Blood is a perishable product that can only come from volunteer blood donors. With someone in the U.S. needing blood every two seconds.