Be a Holiday Hero! Hop on the 2016 Jingle Bus Tour

AURORA, Ill., Dec. 7, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Heartland Blood Centers, the leading supplier of donated blood to more than 70 Chicago-area hospitals, is looking for Holiday Heroes! The festively decorated Jingle Bus is pulling up to take your blood donation to help save lives!  During the Holidays, patients still need blood, especially those receiving life-infusing transfusions that allow them to be home with their family and friends.  Keep blood donation on your to-do list!

Amy Pedone, Manager of Donor Recruitment at Heartland Blood Centers says, "December is notoriously a hard month to find blood donors. The Jingle Bus makes it easy to include donating in their holiday giving."

Tour dates start Saturday December 10^th!  Make an appointment to join in the giving spirit of the holidays and roll up your ugly sweater party sleeves to save a life!   Schedule an appointment by calling 1-800-7TO-GIVE, Text "APPT" to 444-999 or click HERE 

DECEMBER 2016 TOUR DATES

SATURDAY 10^TH  

• Immanuel Lutheran Church @Pointe Outreach Center, Crystal Lake
  10:00am – 2:00pm

MONDAY 12^TH

• Zion Lutheran Church, McHenry
  3:30pm – 7:30pm
• Jake Vinyard Foundation #JVStrong
  Spring Grove Village Hall
  3:00pm - 7:00pm

TUESDAY 13^TH

• Blast! Fitness – Bridgeview
  3:00pm – 6:30pm
• Riddick's Ride
  Village of Island Lake
  2:30pm – 7:30pm

THURSDAY 15^TH   

• Old Second National Bank, Aurora
  12:00pm – 3:00pm
• Monsanto Adams Street Facility, Waterman
  8:00am – 12:00pm

FRIDAY 16^TH   

• O'Donnell Elementary School, Aurora
  1:30pm - 4:30pm

SATURDAY 17^TH     

• Knights of Columbus Council #717, DeKalb
  10:00am – 2:00pm

SUNDAY 18^TH    

• Our Mother of Good Counsel, Homer Glen
  8:00am – 12:00pm

MONDAY 19^TH   

• McHenry VFW
  4:00pm – 7:00pm
• Home State Bank, Downtown Crystal Lake
  12:30pm - 2:30pm
• Crystal Lake Community
  6215 Northwest Hwy
  3:30pm - 7:30pm

TUESDAY 20^TH   

• Kaneville Public Library
  12:30pm - 7:00pm

WEDNESDAY 21^ST   

• Exemplar Financial
  3:00pm – 7:00pm

THURSDAY 22^ND   

• Village of Lake in the Hills
  4:00pm – 7:00pm
• Genoa Faith United Methodist Church
  4:00pm – 7:00pm

WEDNESDAY 28^TH   

• Pearle Vision, Crystal Lake
  4:00pm – 7:00pm
• Northern Rehab, DeKalb and Genoa
  9:30am – 12:30pm and 2:00pm – 5:00pm

About Heartland Blood Centers (www.heartlandbc.org)
Heartland Blood Centers, established in 1943, is an independent blood center serving the over 70 hospitals in the Greater Chicago area and Northwest Indiana. Heartland's first commitment is always to meet the transfusion needs of the community and as part of a nationwide strategic affiliation, Versiti; Heartland stands ready to serve other parts of the country.

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SOURCE Heartland Blood Centers