Blood needs announced

United Blood Services has announced blood needs for this week as follows:

0+ 561, 0- 173, A+ 356, A- 165, B+ 40, B- 10, AB+ 4, AB- 6, 15 Pheresis per day.

Donate blood at United Blood Services, 1125 Terminal Way, Reno, a non-profit community blood center. Please eat a hearty meal, drink plenty of fluids and do not exercise excessively before and after donating. Also, bring a piece of identification which shows your name and one of these: your birth date, your Social Security number, your photo or your United Blood Services' donor card. You must be at least 17 years old, weigh at least 110 pounds, and not have donated blood within eight weeks. New donors, new Pheresis donors, and new donors for babies are desperately needed at this time. For more information, questions about these procedures, or if you would like to make an appointment, please call 324-6454 in Reno or in Carson City at 887-9111.