Blood bank at Umina

The Central Coast mobile blood service will visit Umina Beach, for the first time, on Friday, November 5.

"For every site that we visit, we really need a huge turnout," said mobile coordinator Ms Beverley Berkinshaw of the Australian Red Cross Blood Service.

Ms Berkinshaw said present and new blood donors were urged to help make the mobile blood services first visit at Umina Beach a success.

"The Central Coast Blood Service needs to collect 150 donations a day, 40 of which are targeted from a mobile visit."

With every donation, three lives can be saved through the provision of blood and blood products, she said.

Ms Berkinshaw said that with only three per cent of the population donating, the service was always searching for new donors.

The mobile service will be at the shopping centre from 10am until 3pm.

Donors are required to have photo identification on the day.

Email, October 20 Kristen Schiemer, Australian Red Cross Blood Service