Blacktown residents urged to donate to Red Cross Red 25 Council Blood Challenge

WEAR your heart by rolling up your sleeves and contribute to Blacktown reaching its goal of 100 donations to the Red Cross by next month.

Blacktown Mayor Stephen Bali with nurse Darshan Madhukanth Shah.

WEAR your heart by rolling up your sleeves and contribute to Blacktown reaching its goal of 100 donations to the Red Cross by next month.

That’s the message Blacktown Mayor Stephen Bali has sent to the community as part of the annual Red Cross Red 25 Council Blood Challenge.

The Australian Red Cross Blood Service challenge encourages staff and residents from councils to donate between July and September.

NSW council blood donations during this period are tallied against each other with the most from the one council winning the challenge.

“So far Blacktown City Council’s tally is 34 donations to the Red Cross,” Cr Bali said. “This is a good start but I encourage and challenge everyone who is able to do their bit.

Donating blood doesn’t take long and you could save three lives in the process.”

Cr Bali said 100 donations could save 300 lives.

“Tamworth Council, with a population a fraction of Blacktown City’s size, has 81 donations so far,” he said.

Residents should notify a nurse at a Red Cross centre that you would like to donate to a count towards the Blacktown City Council’s Red 25 Group.

Donor vans will visit Blacktown, Rouse Hill, Minchinbury, Plumpton and Marsden Park over the next few weeks.

donateblood.com.au/donate#find-a-donor-centre or call 1300 886 524