New York Blood Center (NYBC), serving more than 20 million people in New York City, Long Island, the Hudson Valley and New Jersey, calls upon our communities to please donate blood and platelets, as the East Coast braces for Hurricane Earl. While donations from Rh-negative types are especially crucial, healthy people of all blood types and ethnicities are encouraged to donate. Hurricane Earl comes at an especially challenging time for NYBC, since fewer people are able to donate due to school and work vacations, plus the Labor Day holiday. The need for blood is constant... 
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