United Blood Services

Platelets are a component of blood component that helps control bleeding. Supplies need to be continuously replenished as their shelf life is only 5 days.

Blood donations are needed to help replenish reserves in Las Vegas following the shootings there.

The Colorado-Wyoming region of the American Red Cross has sent 32 volunteers to Texas to help the victims of Tropical Storm Harvey, a spokesman said today. "Ten of them are from Wyoming," Bill Fortune said. "Our expectation is we will be sending several more from Colorado and Wyoming," Fortune said...

Gift cards for $100 worth of gas and mini tablets will also be given away.

Those wishing to donate must be at least 16, weigh a minimum of 110 pounds and be in good health.

A spokesman for the Cheyenne office of United Blood Services [UBS] says the organization is looking for blood donations to replace blood sent to the Orlando area in the wake of the shootings that happened over the weekend.

The regional office of the United Blood Services is asking potential donors who have traveled to the Caribbean, Mexico, Central and South America not to donate blood for 28 days after leaving those areas, according to a news release.

January is National Blood Donor Month and United Blood Services is encouraging folks to roll up their sleeves and donate. Troy Dahman, Regional Director of Field Operations for United Blood Services, says blood is typically in short supply during the winter months...

United Blood Services of Cheyenne is holding a blood drive in Cheyenne on Wednesday, June 3.

Are you ready to roll up your sleeve to help out your favorite Cheyenne high school? It's time for the annual Cheyenne High School Blood Drive Challenge on Wednesday, February 4, at United Blood Services, 112 E. 8th Avenue.