Thursday, October 7, 2010

Time to donate blood!

Join Us for a Day of Community Service: Community Blood and Food Drive


The Embassy of the United States will join the City Red Cross of Skopje to host a blood donation and food charity event on Thursday, October 14, 2010. This is the second year that the Embassy and the Red Cross are partnering to host this event. Public donations will be accepted from 10.30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. and the event will take place at the visitor parking lot in front of the U.S. Embassy.

Tents will be set up in the Embassy visitor parking lot for those who would like to donate blood. There will also be collection points for non-perishable food items and financial donations. The process of blood donation should take less than one-half hour from start to finish, including registration, a brief medical check/questionnaire from the medical staff of Red Cross, donation of blood, and snack and drink to follow.

We hope to see you there!!




Red Cross list of recommended food products for donation.
  • Rice
  • Bean
  • Lentils
  • Salt
  • Sugar
  • Flour
  • Corn flour
  • Pasta
  • Oil
  • Canned peas, string beans and mixed vegetable
  • Canned fish
  • Biscuits
  • Soups
  • Canned fruits
  • Ketchup