SHOPPERS buying their festive goodies in town can make a quick stop at Orchard Road to donate blood this weekend.

The Singapore Red Cross Society and The Heeren shops are organising a blood-donation drive cum roadshow today and tomorrow at The Heeren.

Ms Carol Teo, the communications manager of the Red Cross' blood-donor recruitment programme, said: 'Everyone is in a giving mood, so this is the chance for them to donate something different from giving money to charity.'

She added that blood donations usually dip during the festive season, so the amount donated daily falls about 30 per cent short of the required 200 units.

The public can look out for a mobile blood-donation bus which will be parked outside The Heeren. There will also be Christmas carolling, balloon sculpting and quizzes at the four-hour event which starts at 1 pm.

A line of Harley Davidson motorcycles and vintage cars will parade down the road from Scotts Shopping Centre.

The riders will distribute pledge cards and encourage people to donate blood.