People will donate blood in a Red Cross BloodMobile parked outside the Oregon Humane Society while their pets are being typed inside the Society. Dog-sitters are available to care for the dogs while their human counterparts finish their Red Cross donation. Celebrating 50 years of service to the region, the Red Cross is the tenth largest chapter in the nation serving 85 hospitals in Oregon, Washington and southeastern Alaska. Concessions of coffee, brownies, and cookies are for sale benefiting the Dove Lewis Blood Bank. Dove Lewis' Blood Bank provides a safe inventory of needed blood for emergency transfusions as well as supplying blood to local metro veterinary clinics.
Canines have twenty-six blood types.
At this drive Dove Lewis is seeking donors who are A-, the canine universal blood type. Female dogs must not have been pregnant. Dogs that meet this criteria can have their blood typed on the spot. Dogs with an A- blood type will be contacted by Dove Lewis staff for an appointment to make a blood donation. Founded in 1973, Dove Lewis is supported by treatment fees, donations and gifts.