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Saturday: Give Blood, Get Washington Capitals Swag

The Caps and Inova Blood Donor Services will host the annual winter blood drive from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Kettler Capitals Iceplex in Arlington.

The Washington Capitals and Inova Blood Donor Services will host their annual winter blood drive from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Kettler Capitals Iceplex in Arlington.

Those who give blood will get a Jay Beagle bobblehead and a Capitals T-shirt, according to a news release.

Patients in area hospitals require more than 250 blood products every day of the year, the release states. A single donation can save up to three lives, treating everyone from trauma patients to surgery patients, newborns, cancer patients and transplant patients.

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Interested? Make an appointment now by calling 866-256-6372 or visit inova.org/donateblood and enter "Washington Capitals" as the sponsor name.

Donating blood takes about an hour. 

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