ALBANY, N.Y. ( NEWS10 ) — The American Red Cross is holding donation events from now until December 17 where if you donate you get a $10 e-gift card to a merchant of choice and are automatically entered for a chance to win a $7,000 gift card. It is also hosting a socks for donors event throughout the Capital Region starting November 18.
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To celebrate 30 years of the show Friends, all donors who give blood will receive two pairs of custom Friends and Red Cross socks starting Monday. The socks for donors event runs until December 8, or while supplies last.
Here is a compiled list of blood donation events listed by county:
Albany County
Albany:
- November 13 from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Empire State Plaza, Concourse Level between Logan’s and Patsy’s Barber Shop
- November 18 from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Stratton Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 113 Holland Avenue
- November 22 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.: Million Air, 16 Jetway Drive
- November 27 from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Empire State Plaza, Concourse Level between Logan’s and Patsy’s Barber Shop
- November 30 from 8 a.m. to noon: American Red Cross of Eastern New York, 33 Everett Road