Rock ‘N Roll Up Your Sleeve Blood Drive starts Thursday

Press release from the Blood Connection:

Greenville, SC (July 18, 2018) – Classic Rock 101.1, 93.3 The Planet, and The Blood Connection are coming together again for the 14th Annual Rock ‘N Roll Up Your Sleeve Blood Drive, the Upstate’s largest blood drive. 

To keep summer blood supply levels up, WROQ-FM Classic Rock 101.1 and WTPT-FM 93.3 The Planet will encourage radio listeners to donate blood at designated locations starting tomorrow, Thursday, July 19 – Saturday, July 21. Each donor will receive a commemorative t-shirt and be entered into a drawing for a pair of Planet Birthday Bash tickets to see Godsmack and Shinedown at Bon Secours Wellness Arena on September 21, a pair of tickets to see Journey and Def Leppard at Colonial Life Arena on August 15, or a signed 5 Finger Death Punch guitar. 

This lifesaving tradition continues to bridge the gap in blood donations recognized as the 100 Deadly Days of Summer–Memorial Day through Labor Day–named for the high number of tragic automobile accidents. Donors can donate blood at the following times and locations.

Thursday, July 19

·      Ingles, 502 Ann St., Pickens, SC – 10:30 am – 2:15 pm

·      Walmart, 651 Hwy 28 Bypass, Anderson, SC – 11 am – 7 pm

·      Walmart, 3027 Wade Hampton Blvd., Taylors, SC – 4:15 pm – 6:45 pm

·      Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp., 552 Hyatt St., Gaffney, SC – 12:30 pm – 5 pm

·      Harley Davidson, 365 Sha Lane, Pacolet, SC – 1 pm – 6 pm

·      Big ‘O’ Dodge, 2645 Laurens Rd, Greenville, SC – 3 pm – 5:30 pm

·      BI-LO, 2601 Woodruff Rd, Simpsonville, SC – 3:15 pm – 7 pm 

Friday, July 20

·      Walmart, 14055 Wade Hampton Blvd., Greer, SC – 11am – 7pm

·      Walmart, 917 E. Main, Laurens, SC – 11am – 7pm

·      Walmart, 9 Benton Rd, Travelers Rest, SC – 11pm – 7pm

·      Walmart, 3950 Grandview, Simpsonville, SC – 11pm – 7pm

·      Walmart, 115 Rolling Hills Cir., Easley, SC – 11pm – 7pm

·      Gene’s Pit Stop, 810 N. Limestone, Gaffney, SC, 10pm – 2pm

·      Harley Davidson, 4110 Clemson Blvd., Anderson, SC, 2pm – 7pm 

Saturday, July 21

·      Lowe’s, 2911 Main St., Newberry, SC – 10am – 3pm

·      Lowe’s, 3515 Clemson Blvd, Anderson, SC – 11pm – 4pm

·      Walmart, 4000 Hwy 9, Boiling Springs, SC – 11pm – 7pm

·      Walmart, 508 Hwy 72 Bypass, NW, Greenwood, SC – 11pm – 7pm

·      Harley Davidson, 30 Chrome Dr., Greenville, SC – 2pm – 7pm 

·      Walmart, 3950 Grandview, Simpsonville, SC – 11pm – 7pm

·      Bold Rock Hard Cider, 72 School House Rd., Mills River, NC – 4pm – 9pm

Donors can also donate blood at any Blood Connection donation center:

·      435 Woodruff Road, Greenville, SC

·      341 Old Abbeville Highway, Greenwood, SC

·      5116 Calhoun Memorial Hwy, Easley, SC

·      1308 Sandifer Boulevard, Seneca, SC

·      270 North Grove Medical Park Drive, Spartanburg, SC

·      825 Spartanburg Highway, Hendersonville, NC

To reduce donation time, donors can use TBC Express to complete an online health history questionnaire in advance: https://thebloodconnection.org/idhq/.

Every day, accident victims, patients with cancer, blood disorders, sickle cell disease and other illnesses need lifesaving transfusions. TBC’s mission is to ensure all hospital partners have the blood supplies needed for patients at any given time. Blood donors must be healthy, weigh at least 110 pounds, and be 17 years old or 16 with written parental consent. TBC encourages both whole blood and platelet donations.