Give blood with the Red Cross during National Volunteer Month

From American Red Cross

GREAT FALLS — With no substitute for blood and no way to manufacture it, volunteer donors are essential for hospital patients in need of transfusions. During National Volunteer Month this April, the American Red Cross celebrates the blood, platelet and plasma donors who help fulfill its lifesaving mission and urges healthy individuals to join them in giving.

Nearly 2.6 million Red Cross volunteer donors step up every year to ensure blood is on the shelves when patients need it. The generosity of these heroes has been especially impactful over the past year as th...