(WTNH)– The American Red Cross needs your help this holiday season.
The Red Cross says between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, donations decline due to busy holiday schedules or winter storms canceling blood drives.
The Red Cross is encouraging donors to find the time to give blood or platelets. All blood types are needed this winter. Platelet donations are especially encouraged by the Red Cross on the first week of the new year, which is among the most difficult to collect enough to meet patients’ needs.
To make an appointment to give blood, download the free Red Cross Blood Donor App, or go to redcrossblood.org. You can also call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767).
Additionally, those who come to give between December 21 through January 7 will receive a long-sleeved Red Cross T-shirt, while supplies last.
Below are some donation opportunities between December 21 and January 7th in the area:
Litchfield County
Bethlehem
12/30/2017: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., Memorial Hall, Main Street, Route 61
Falls Village
12/22/2017: 7:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Housatonic Valley Reg H.S., 246 Warren Turnpike Road
Goshen
12/18/2017: 1 p.m. – 6 p.m., Church of Christ Congregational, 5 Old Middle Street
Harwinton
1/6/2018: 8 a.m. – 1 p.m., Harwinton Town Hall, 100 Bentley Drive
Kent
12/26/2017: 12:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Kent Town Hall, 41 Kent Green Blvd
New Hartford
1/9/2018: 1:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m., South End Volunteer Fire, 20 Antolini Road, Route 219 and 202
New Milford
1/3/2018: 1:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m., New Milford Community Ambulance Corp., 1 Scovill Street
Salisbury
1/5/2018: 1 p.m. – 6 p.m., Noble Horizons, 17 Cobble Road
1/11/2018: 1:15 p.m. – 7 p.m., Salisbury School, 251 Canaan Road
Terryville
12/27/2017: 1 p.m. – 6 p.m., Terryville Congregational Church, 233 Main Street
Thomaston
1/8/2018: 1 p.m. – 6 p.m., Our Savior Lutheran Church, 505 South Main Street
Torrington
12/18/2017: 7:30 a.m. – 1 p.m., Charlotte Hungerford Hospital, 540 Litchfield Street
1/10/2018: 1:30 p.m. – 6:45 p.m., Torrington Elks, 70 Litchfield Street
1/15/2018: 8:30 a.m. – 2 p.m., Gregor Technologies-Metals USA, 529 Technology Park Drive
Washington Depot
1/12/2018: 1 p.m. – 6:30 p.m., Washington Depot fire House, 109 Bee Brook Road
Watertown
12/26/2017: 1:45 p.m. – 6:45 p.m., First Congregational Church, 40 DeForrest Street
Woodbury
12/30/2017: 7:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m., Woodbury Senior Center, 265 Main Street
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New Haven County
Ansonia
1/6/2018: 7:45 a.m. – 1 p.m., Ansonia Senior Center, 153 Main Street
Bethany
12/28/2017: 1 p.m. – 6 p.m., Bethany Town Hall, 40 Peck Road
1/15/2018: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., Laticrete International, 91 Amity Road
Branford
12/18/2017: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., Branford Hall Career Institute, One Summit Place
12/18/2017: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., ST MARY CHURCH BRANFORD, 731 Main St
12/20/2017: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., Porter & Chester-Branford, 221 West Main St.
12/26/2017: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., Soundview Family YMCA, 628 East Main St.
1/5/2018: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., Branford Fire Dept., 45 North Main St
1/11/2018: 12:45 p.m. – 6:15 p.m., ST MARY CHURCH BRANFORD, 731 Main St
Cheshire
1/2/2018: 2 p.m. – 7 p.m., CrossFit Cheshire, 360 Sandbank Road
1/4/2018: 1 p.m. – 6 p.m., Cheshire Masonic Temple Lodge, 9 Country Club Road
Derby
12/21/2017: 7:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m., Griffin Hospital, 130 Division Street
12/28/2017: 7:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m., Griffin Hospital, 130 Division Street
East Haven
12/29/2017: 1:30 p.m. – 6:45 p.m., Old Stone Church, 251 Main Street
Guilford
1/3/2018: 8 a.m. – 1 p.m., Guilford Community Center, 32 Church Street/Route 77
1/10/2018: 12:45 p.m. – 6 p.m., Knights of Columbus, 390 South Union Street
Hamden
12/22/2017: 12:15 p.m. – 6 p.m., Whitneyville Cultural Commons, 1253 Whitney Avenue
12/28/2017: 1:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m., Our Lady of Mount Carmel, 2819 Whitney Avenue
12/29/2017: 12:15 p.m. – 6 p.m., Whitneyville Cultural Commons, 1253 Whitney Avenue
1/2/2018: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., TGI Fridays Hamden, 2335 Dixwell Ave
1/5/2018: 12:15 p.m. – 6 p.m., Whitneyville Cultural Commons, 1253 Whitney Avenue
1/9/2018: 1 p.m. – 6 p.m., Knights of Columbus, 2630 Whitney Avenue
1/11/2018: 7:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m., Eli Whitney Tech High School, 100 Fairview Ave
1/12/2018: 12:15 p.m. – 6 p.m., Whitneyville Cultural Commons, 1253 Whitney Avenue
Madison
12/21/2017: 12:45 p.m. – 6 p.m., Lutheran Church of Madison, 9 Britton lane
1/2/2018: 12:45 p.m. – 6 p.m., St. Margaret’s Church Hall, 24 Academy Street
Meriden
12/19/2017: 1 p.m. – 6 p.m., First United Methodist, 159 East Main St
Middlebury
12/22/2017: 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., Shepardson Center, 1172 Whittemore Rd
Milford
12/18/2017: 1 p.m. – 6:30 p.m., VFW Hall, 422 Naugatuck Avenue
12/26/2017: 10:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., West River Rehab Center, 245 Orange Avenue
1/5/2018: 1 p.m. – 6 p.m., St Agnes, 400 Merwrin Ave
1/8/2018: 1 p.m. – 6:45 p.m., Elks Club, 124 New Haven Avenue
Naugatuck
12/19/2017: 1 p.m. – 6 p.m., Naugatuck Portuguese Club, 110 Rubber Avenue
12/30/2017: 8 a.m. – 1 p.m., St. Michael’s Parish, 210 Church Street
New Haven
12/21/2017: 8:15 a.m. – 1:15 p.m., High School in the Community, 175 Water St.
12/22/2017: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m., Yale New Haven Hospital, 20 York Street
12/28/2017: 10 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., New Haven Police Deparment, 1 Union Ave
1/12/2018: 8:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., Yale School of Medicine, 367 Cedar Street
1/15/2018: 10 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., Beulah Heights First Pentecostal Church, 782 Orchard Street
North Branford
1/10/2018: 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., Evergreen Woods, 88 Notch Hill Rd.
North Haven
12/26/2017: 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., M.A. Wakley Recreation Center, 7 Linsley Street
Orange
12/18/2017: 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., High Plains Community Center, 525 Orange Center Rd
1/3/2018: 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., Orange Congregational Church, 205 Meeting House Lane
Oxford
1/13/2018: 8 a.m. – 1 p.m., American Legion, 43 Oxford Road
Seymour
1/6/2018: 8 a.m. – 1 p.m., Great Hill Methodist Church, 225 Great Hill Road
Southbury
1/3/2018: 1 p.m. – 6:30 p.m., River Glen Healthcare Center, 162 South Britain Road
1/3/2018: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., Southbury Dunkin Donuts, 77 Main Street North
Wallingford
12/20/2017: 12:45 p.m. – 6 p.m., Zandri’s Stillwood Inn, 1074 South Colony Road
12/21/2017: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., Connecticut Hospital Association, 110 Barnes Road
12/22/2017: 12:45 p.m. – 6 p.m., Wallingford YMCA, 81 South Elm Street
1/4/2018: 12:45 p.m. – 6 p.m., Arris, 15 Sterling Drive
1/5/2018: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., Gaylord Hospital/Brooker Bldg., Gaylord Farm Rd.
Waterbury
12/18/2017: 7:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Waterbury Hospital, 64 Robbins Street
1/2/2018: 1 p.m. – 6 p.m., Waterbury Elks # 265, 283 West Main Street
Wolcott
12/23/2017: 7:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Wolcott Senior Center, 211 Nichols Road
12/26/2017: 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., VFW, 1115 Wolcott Road
Woodbridge
12/21/2017: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m., B’Nai Jacob, 75 Rimmon Road
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