GLENDALE (Aug. 5, 2008) –In partnership with United Blood Services, Banner Thunderbird Medical Center will be hosting a blood drive on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008. Banner Thunderbird employees and community residents are invited to donate blood from 6:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in conference rooms 1, 2 and 3, located at the east end, lower level of the hospital.

Each individual who donates blood during the month of September will receive a voucher for a free pint of Blue Bell Ice Cream!

If you enjoy the movies, United Blood Services will send you two free movie passes if you bring a first-time blood donor to donate as well!

And, to thank you for donating blood, United Blood Services now performs a free “total cholesterol” test on every blood donation.  Confidential results will be available at www.UnitedBloodServicesAZ.org within seven days of each donation.

The blood-donation process takes about an hour with the actual donation taking approximately 10 minutes.  Donors should eat well and drink plenty of water starting three to four days prior to donation.  Fortunately, most medications do not exclude a person from donating blood.

To sign up for Banner Thunderbird Medical Center’s Blood Drive, or for more information about blood donation eligibility, please log on to www.bloodhero.com or call (480) 675.5497.  To register as a donor, please use sponsor code: bannertb.

One blood donation can save three lives!  Sign up today!

About Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center, part of Banner Health—a nonprofit health system with 21 hospitals throughout the West—is a 374-bed acute-care hospital featuring a behavioral health center, children’s center and dedicated outpatient center located in Glendale, Arizona at 5555 W. Thunderbird Road.  Banner Thunderbird is fully accredited by the Joint Commission, a national accreditation agency.