LifeServe Blood Donor Center in Pierre accepting appointments

The LifeServe Blood Donor Center in Pierre has established its regular schedule for being open to accept blood donations.

The hours are:

• Monday and Tuesday: 11:30am-6pm

• Wednesday: 10am-5pm

• Thursday: 7am-3pm

• Friday: 7am-noon

People can schedule a time to donate by:

• going to www.lifeservebloodcenter.org/schedule,

• calling 1-800-287-4903, or

• walking in if you can’t make an appointment.

The LifeServe Blood Donor Center in Pierre is located at 1908 N. Garfield Avenue, in the Larkspur Landing building.

Despite having a brick and mortar location in Pierre, LifeServe will continue to have occasional mobile blood drives at some of the traditional locations in Pierre and Fort Pierre. In the surrounding communities, mobile blood drives will continue as usual.

LifeServe is the sole supplier of blood and blood products for the Avera healthcare facilities, including those in Gettysburg, Miller, Pierre, Chamberlain and Winner.