26 October 2024 

10:00 – 14:00 

October marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the South African National Blood Service would like to take this opportunity to celebrate the resilience of our cancer warriors.

Roll up your sleeves and join Nikki van der Linde at the SANBS Pink Drive in honour of our warriors at the River Square Donor Centre in Vereeniging on Saturday, 26 October 2024 from 09:00 to14:00 at the River Square Donor Centre. The day’s target is 50 units of blood.

Minimum requirements to be a blood donor:

• You are between the ages of 16 and 75 years old, for first-time donors.
• You weigh a minimum of 50 kgs (and for platelets a minimum of 55 kgs)
• You are in good health.
• You lead a low risk lifestyle.
• You consider your blood safe for transfusion.
• You have had a balanced meal within four hours of donating blood.
• You have not donated blood in the last 56 days (and platelets in the last 14 days.)
• Your pulse is between 60 and 100 regular beats per minute.
• Your blood pressure is below 180 systolic (first number) and below 100 diastolic (second number) (180/100mmHg) and above 100 systolic (first number) and above 60 diastolic (second number) (100/60mmHg).
• Your haemoglobin level is 12.g for females and 13.g for males/dL or above.