Please Schedule Your Next Life-Giving Donation NOW!

Commissioner John V. Kelly and the Nutley Department of Public Affairs are pleased to partner with Vitalant Blood Services of New Jersey to conduct a Nutley Community Blood Drive on Tuesday, November 10, 2020. 

The drive will be held at the Nutley Parks and Rec Building - 44 Park Avenue, Room 300 from 1:30pm – 5:30pm, BY APPOINTMENT ONLY. No walk ins will be accepted. All safety precautions will be put in place to ensure the health and well-being of all donors and technicians.  Please do not donate if you are sick or may have been exposed to the COVID-19 virus. All donors must wear a mask or cloth face covering. As always, donors must be between the ages of 16 and 76, weigh over 110lbs and be in general good health.

COVID-19 Antibody testing available via donation: 

• Do not donate if you are sick. 
• This antibody test does not test for the presence of COVID-19
• All successful donations will be tested for antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19
• Donors can view results in your online donor account 2 weeks after you donate.

New Jersey on a whole is experiencing critically low donation numbers, especially during the COVID_19 pandemic.  There is an urgent need for Type O Negative, O Positive & B Negative Blood Types, but all types are welcome and needed!

Find answers at Vitalant.org to commonly asked questions about COVID-19 and the virus that causes it (novel coronavirus, now called SARS-CoV-2) in relation to blood donation and what Vitalant is doing to keep donors, blood drive coordinators, volunteers, staff and patients safe. If you have a question not covered here, please visit our donor eligibility page, call 877-25-VITAL (877-258-4825) or email us at getinvolved@vitalant.org.  For any additional information, please call the Department of Public Affairs at 973-284-4976.  If you would like to schedule an appointment please click on the following link: https://donor.cbsblood.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/53207 or call (877) 258-4825.