Sport Clips in North and South Carolina partner with the American Red Cross to increase August Blood Donations
Raleigh, NC (Tuesday, July 28) – Sport Clips men’s and boys’ hair care providers in North and South Carolina will give you a free haircut when you donate blood through an American Red Cross donor center during the month of August.
Matt Lewis, Sport Clips area developer for North Carolina, a regular blood donor, is heading up the effort to increase blood donations, along with Sport Clips South Carolina Area Developer Rosemary Gozur, and Sport Clips team members at 51 stores.
“Blood donations taper off in the suammer due to vacations and holidays, and we hope to encourage more donors to take the time to give by offering them a free haircut as a bonus,” says Lewis. “Shortages in blood banks can be critical at the end of the summer, right before the Labor Day holiday. If we can promote blood donations during August, guys can help save a life and have the added bonus of a free ‘fall’ or ‘back to campus’ haircut while they’re at it.”
Carolinas Blood Services Region CEO Robert “Bob” Fechner says, “The summer holiday season is a time when we all look forward to family gatherings and celebrations of the season. Sadly, some people cannot be with their families because they are in hospitals in need of blood or platelet transfusions not just to get well, but often just to survive.”
Blood donations drop as much as 15 percent during summer months, according to the American Red Cross. In North Carolina 1,600 people must give blood and platelets each day, and in South Carolina 500 donations per day are needed to meet hospital demand across 157 hospitals.
Donations can be made at any American Red Cross Blood Donor Center in North or South Carolina in order to receive the free haircut coupon. To locate a donor center in your area please call 1-800-GIVE-LIFE or visit givelife.org. For more information about Sport Clips locations in North and South Carolina where free haircut coupons can be redeemed, visit SportClips.com.
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About Sport Clips
Headquartered in Georgetown, Texas, Sport Clips is one of the nation’s fastest-growing franchises. Entrepreneur magazine’s January 2009 issue ranked the company in the top 100 franchises in America and top 50 fastest-growing franchises. Sport Clips ranked 21st overall in Dun & Bradstreet’s (D&B) AllBusiness.com “2009 AllBusiness AllStars” and a “Top 10 Franchise for Veterans.” Sport Clips was established in 1995 by Founder and CEO Gordon Logan. It is affiliated with NASCAR; is the “Official Haircutter” of several teams in the National Basketball Association (NBA), Major League Baseball (MLB), and National Hockey League (NHL.) Sport Clips is the “Official Haircutter” of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the largest contributor to the VFW’s Operation Uplink, and offers preferential pricing to veterans. For more about Sport Clips business franchise information, click here, or for locations throughout the United States, visit SportClips.com.