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<\/p>\nOn Thursday, April 30th, New York Blood Center (NYBC) recognized the Amazin\u2019 Mets Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the New York Mets led by Alex Cohen, for its generous $150,000 grant towards NYBC\u2019s newly opened Queens Donor Center.<\/p>\n
In 2024, the Amazin\u2019 Mets Foundation awarded NYBC with a $150,000 grant, which was used to enhance donor equipment needed to collect red blood cells, platelets, and plasma. This special acknowledgment was hosted at NYBC\u2019s new Queens Donor Center, where members of NYBC leadership and the Amazin\u2019 Mets Foundation unveiled an honorary plaque to represent the Foundation\u2019s generous contribution.<\/p>\n
The Queens donor center, which opened in late 2025, marks NYBC\u2019s sixth donor center in New York City. By establishing a permanent, welcoming, community-centered location, NYBC aims to make blood donation more convenient for Queens residents and strengthen the local blood supply for hospitals across the region.<\/p>\n
\u201cNYBC is grateful to the Amazin\u2019 Mets Foundation for its support of the New York Blood Center,\u201d said Jeannie Mascolino, Vice President of Blood Operations for New York Blood Center. \u201cThe Amazin\u2019 Mets Foundation\u2019s generous grant to the Queens Donor Center has already made a lifesaving impact across the community, allowing us to strengthen the region\u2019s blood supply levels and serve our diverse community of patients and hospitals.\u201d<\/p>\n
Blood donors can give every 56 days, and platelet donors can give twice per month. In light of recent updates to FDA guidance, more people than ever may now be eligible to give. To view current eligibility guidelines, or to make an appointment to donate, visit nybc.org or call 800-933-2566.<\/p>\n
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Sarah Horn, NYBC Marketing Manager; Natalie Zagorski, Program Officer, Amazin\u2019 Mets Foundation; Jane Son, Head of Foundation & Community Engagement, Amazin\u2019 Mets Foundation; Jeannie Mascolino,\u00a0 NYBC Vice President of Operations; Yadira Navarro, NYBC Director of Community and Stakeholder Relations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Thursday, April 30th, New York Blood Center (NYBC) recognized the Amazin\u2019 Mets Foundation, the philanthropic arm of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":223745,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-223744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}