When the sun is shining, the music is playing, and you’re living your best summer life – donating blood may not be on your bucket list, but here is why it should be. Summer is one of the most critical times of the year for blood donation. With schools out and regular routines on hold, blood donations tend to drop, just as the need stays strong. Hospital patients don’t get a summer break because local lives depend on a steady blood supply
every day.

That’s where you come in…LifeServe Blood Center is inviting first-time and returning donors to make a difference this summer. When you donate blood with Alpha Media Mason City on Friday, August 29, 2025, from 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. at Southbridge Mall (100 S. Federal Avenue, Mason City), you will receive this year’s exclusive donor tee: a retro-cool, soft cotton shirt featuring the theme, “It’s Donor Time.” Think chill vibes and warm hearts, because that’s exactly what you bring when you roll up your sleeve.

To schedule your lifesaving appointment, visit lifeserve.info/alpha829 or call 800.287.4903.