Bradford Regional Medical Center (BRMC) and Olean General Hospital (OGH), Kaleida Health facilities, will host August community blood drives in partnership with ConnectLife.

OGH will host its blood drive 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday on the ConnectLife Bus at Mildred Milliman Outpatient Surgery Center, directly across from the hospital. Anyone who would like to schedule an appointment can visit connectlifegiveblood.org and use sponsor code 000485, or call (716) 529-4270.

The BRMC blood drive is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday in the hospital’s main lobby. To schedule an appointment, visit connectlifegiveblood.org and use sponsor code 000468, or contact Kim Murphey at (814) 362-8298.

A single pint of donated blood can save up to three lives in our local community, officials said. Throughout August, all donors will receive a free Buffalo Bills t-shirt and one donor will win a pair of tickets to the Buffalo Bills home opener Sept. 7 in the all-inclusive M&T Club at Highmark Stadium.

In addition, ConnectLife launched a new Suite Seats for Life Savers promotion. From August through Dec. 31, donors who give the qualifying number of times will be entered to win a suite for themselves and 16 guests at Highmark Stadium for the final regular season game of the year. To qualify, donors must make either two whole blood donations and one double red cell donation or four platelet donations during the promotion period.

“The OGH blood drive held June 18 helped save 78 local lives and the BRMC blood drive held on June 19 helped to save 48 local lives,” hospital officials said in a press release.

ConnectLife provides approximately 70% of the region’s blood supply, officials noted, supporting essential local hospitals including Bradford Regional Medical Center, Brooks-TLC Health Network, ECMC, Oishei Children’s Hospital, Buffalo General Hospital, Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital, Eastern Niagara Hospital and Olean General Hospital.