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You can win a free Kings Island ticket by giving blood this week Share Updated: 7:03 AM EDT Apr 26, 2021 WLWT Digital Staff Share Updated: 7:03 AM EDT Apr 26, 2021
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Show Transcript ON A MASSEY WLWT NEWS FIVE. MEONNA. THANK YOU. AND IF YOU’RE A THRILL SEEKER LOOKING TO MAKE AN IMPACT ON YOUR COMMUNITY, YOU’RE IN LUCK IF YOU DON’T DONATE THROUGH THE RED CROSS YOU CAN DONATE. THROUGH HOXWORTH AND THEY’LL BE GIVING OUT TICKETS TO KINGS ISLAND TO A HANDFUL OF BLOOD DONORS THIS WEEK. SO HERE’S WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO TO BE IN THE RUNNING FIRST. YOU HAVE TO DONATE BLOOD SO THAT HAPPENS AT ANY HAWKSWORTH NEIGHBORHOOD BLOOD DONOR CENTER THAT CAN HAPPEN BETWEEN TODAY AND SATURDAY, SO YOU’VE GOT ALL WEEK. MAYBE YOU CAN PLAN IT OUT THEN AT THE END OF EACH DAY FOUR WINNERS FROM EACH CENTER WILL BE CHOSEN WINNING A FOUR PACK OR PARK TICKETS. IF YOU DO WIN YOU PICK UP THE TICKETS AT THE SAME DONOR CENTER WHERE YOU GAVE BLOOD S
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Hoxworth Blood Center, University of Cincinnati is playing up the rivalry between the Tri-State s universities during the month of March and inviting friends, family and alumni to make a blood donation on behalf of their school during a month-long March Madness event.
Donors are invited to pledge a blood donation in honor of one of seven local universities University of Cincinnati, Xavier University, Northern Kentucky University, Thomas More University, Mount St. Joseph University and Miami University and fulfill that pledge by the end of March.
The winning school will be crowned the “MVP of Lifesavers” on April 5.
“Most of us have been following the ongoing ‘Tipping Wars’ between XU and UC fans, and seeing that legendary rivalry being used to benefit restaurant employees in our community has been a source of much-needed positivity,” says Alecia Lipton, director of public relations at Hoxworth Blood Center. “Not all of us can afford to tip thousands of
Hoxworth offering incentives for donations after snowstorm slows blood donations Hoxworth just opened a new donor center downtown at 105 E. 4th Street (FOX19 file photo) By Maggy Mcdonel | February 17, 2021 at 11:40 AM EST - Updated February 17 at 11:40 AM
CINCINNATI (FOX19) - Hoxworth Blood Center is offering incentives for donations after the recent winter weather affected the local blood supply.
They say the snowstorm that shut down the Cincinnati area also shut down blood drives and caused missed donation appointments over several days.
Hoxworth says barely half of the donations necessary for local hospitals have been collected.
Officials say Hoxworth is the only provider of blood products in the tri-State area and must collect at least 400 units of blood and 50 units of platelets every day to meet the local hospital’s demand.