Give blood, get a free pizza

Vitalant and Jett’s Pizza host Pies for Pints event

Nonprofit Vitalant urges all eligible blood donors to make an appointment to give now for the coming days and weeks to boost the blood supply for patients in need. As an added incentive, donors will receive a delicious pizza.

The supply of Type O blood, which doctors use most to help patients, reached an 18-month low this summer. Now, additional donors are needed to roll up their sleeves to prevent another emergency shortage.

Every donor who visits a Vitalant Donation Center in Illinois from Sept. 9 to Sep. 23 will receive a complimentary coupon for one free pizza from Jet’s Pizza.

As a special thanks to donors who answer the call, Vitalant is offering those who come to donate through Sept. 4 an 80s throwback “Super Donor” T-shirt plus a $10 gift card through its Donor Rewards program.

Learn more and make an appointment to give at vitalant.org, download and use the Vitalant Blood Donor mobile app or call (877) 25-VITAL (877-258-4825).

Suburban Vitalant Donation Centers include:

Arlington Heights: 25 W Rand Road.

Crystal Lake: 5150 Northwest Highway.

Evanston: 2436 Main St. Evanston.

Glenview: 2510 Waukegan Road.

Gurnee: 5250 Grand Ave.

Lake Bluff: 223 Waukegan Road

Schaumburg: 211 W. Golf Road.

Naperville: 2764 Aurora Ave.

Orland Park: 11120 W. 179th St.

Oak Lawn: 9517 S. Cicero Ave.

Villa Park: 100 E Roosevelt Rd Suite 40-41. 1

Westmont: 1133 Fairview Ave.

Vitalant is one of the nation’s largest nonprofit blood and biotherapies health care organizations, providing hospitals and patients across the U.S. a safe blood supply, specialized laboratory services, transfusion medicine expertise and world-renowned research. Individuals generously donating blood, volunteering and giving financially are essential to our lifesaving mission. Learn more at vitalant.org.