AREA BLOOD DRIVES COMING UP

(OLNEY/NEWTON) With a statewide Emergency Appeal for Blood still in place, the American Red Cross as asking all donors to get out and give blood at their next earliest opportunity. In upcoming area blood drives : Today (12/13/2023) at the Blood Donation Center in Effingham from 11:30 to 7:30 : Thursday at the Flora Church of the Nazarene from 12:00 to 5:00 : Friday at Oblong Grade School from 8:30 to 2:30 : Friday at the Olney Fire Department from 12:00 to 5:00 : Saturday at the Blood Donation Center in Effingham from 7:00 to 3:00 : all blood types and platelets are needed to replenish low area blood supplies : for an appointment to donate blood, call the American Red Cross’ Blood Donation Center in Effingham, toll-free, at 800-733-2767 or go online to redcrossblood.org.