The first 50 donors Tues. get a pair of tix to Sweeney Todd at the Erie Playhouse!

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Donations of blood, nonperishable food and clothing will be accepted.

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The recent shortage of type O and type A blood is worsening as local patients continue to use more blood than is being donated at local blood drives.

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First 60 donors get a free appetizer from Calamari’s! Donors all week can win a “stay-cation” from the Bel-Aire!

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The blood supply has been declining since before Memorial Day weekend, but recent heavy usage by several local patients, one with type A blood the other type O, has put us over the edge.

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A big gift means great things at Penn State Behrend.

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Give at a mobile blood drive and you could win big!

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First 50 donors on Tuesday get a sleeve of Lake Shore Country Club golf balls.

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‘KEEP LOCAL BLOOD LOCAL’ RALLY 10am Monday at the Central Blood Bank of Pittsburgh/Otters blood drive at the Tullio Arena  ERIE, PA – The Central Blood Bank of Pittsburgh is again holding a blood drive in Erie that will take hundreds of pints of blood out of the county. As the ONLY supplier of blood [...]

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The recent shortage of type O blood is worsening as local patients continue to need more blood than is being given. The approaching weekend will add to the shortage if the situation is not dealt with quickly.

Only half the number of regular donors came in Wednesday and Thursday is fairly light as local donors dig out of the recent snow fall. Snow related accidents are also contributing to the heavier than normal usage.

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The Community Blood Bank and the Erie BayHawks have teamed up to save lives this week.

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If you’re downtown, stop by and help out!

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The critical blood shortage affecting the region continues unabated as continued heavy blood use by local patients in need have outpaced the number of donors coming in.

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Blood usage over the holiday weekend was heavy but the real problem for the Community Blood Bank has been a lack of donors since Tuesday. They are encouraging everyone who can to donate blood before the weekend to end this dangerous situation. All blood types are low.

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The first 75 donors get an free appetizer card from TGIFriday’s

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Coca Cola Enterprise Bottling Company in Erie heard about our struggle to provide enough blood this last month of summer and they generously donated tickets to Coca Cola night at the Lake Erie Speedway next Saturday August 14th. The first 25 donors who come to 26th and Peach St to give blood Friday get a pair of race tickets! Doors are open from 7:30AM to 6PM.

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The Great Country Fair Gas Card Give Away is back at the Community Blood Bank. Country Fair has generously donated $3000 worth of gas cards to help ensure a safe blood supply locally.

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Take a walk

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Murder, snow, basketball, table games, building collapse, donating blood, gas prices, cell phone ban, fund raising, Otter hockey…

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Mmmm…kielbasa

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Live on, Bambi…the weather’s on your side.

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Thanksgiving is only a week away!

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We’re feeling sorry for all those poor folks who live in the Pittsburgh area as the G-20 Conference opens today.  It looks and sounds like everyone in the country with something to protest or an agenda to push has descended on the City.  Several groups couldn’t wait for the official opening, and started their shenanigans [...]

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If you have a chance, please stop by the Community Blood Bank this week. Donors all week can win a box of stuff including a Country Fair Gas card, meals from Taco Bell, Ice cream from Ben & Gerry’s and a CBB sweatshirt, Polo shirt & even a coveted blood bank clock with 24 hour [...]

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Scary situation Saturday night when one of the buildings at the Granada Apartment complex off Peach St. caught fire. Luckily, everyone got out alive. If you live there, I’d be scared to hear about the flaws in the design of the fire hydrant system in that complex. Michael Allen Wright, 31, has been arrested for [...]

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In case you missed it yesterday, the Peach Street Wegmans is now selling take-out beer. The west side location should follow suit in the next few days. It’s cool because sometimes you don’t want a whole case of beer, you want a few, or maybe you want to try something new. Sure, there are a [...]

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A quick heads-up if you have not yet picked up an digital TV receiver – WSEE will turn off its analog signal tomorrow. This will only affect you if you get TV signals with an antenna, either rabbit-ears style or an external antenna. Satellite and cable customers will not see any change. Despite Congress changing [...]

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Christmas week is here and the blood bank is urging people to come donate in preparation for the holiday weekend. The Community Blood Bank is open Wednesday, Christmas Eve, from 9 to 1pm and reopens for regulars hours (9 to 6pm) on Friday December 26th. Donors all week can enter to win a beautiful gift [...]

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The Federal Reserve has formally approved PNC Bank‘s plan to purchase National City Bank based out of Cleveland, Ohio. With the acquisition, PNC will be the 8th largest depository institution in the U.S. As we blogged last week, PNC is required to sell 61 National City branches, including locations in Erie, Crawford and Warren counties. [...]

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The “Season of Giving” continues at the Community Blood Bank. Game Crazy on East 38th has donated a Nintendo Wii Gaming System and one lucky donor this week will win it for Christmas! The Wii is still the hottest gift in town and Game Crazy gets shipments every single day and they donated one to [...]

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