(OLNEY/NEWTON) The American Red Cross is asking area blood donors to get out and give blood at their next earliest opportunity as all blood types and platelets are very much in need due to low supplies of blood in our downstate region :
Tuesday (9/30/25) at the Blood Donation Center in Effingham from 11:30 to 7:30
Wednesday (10/1/25) at the Altamont High School from 8:15 to 2:00
Wednesday (10/1/25) at the Immanuel Methodist Church in Olney from 12:00 to 4:00
Thursday (10/2/25) at Hamilton County Hospital in McLeansboro from 9:00 to 1:00
Thursday (10/2/25) at the Village Municipal Building in Greenup from 12:30 to 5:30
Thursday (10/2/25) at the First Christian Church in Carmi from 1:00 to 6:00
Friday (10/3/25) at Newton Community High School from 8:30 to 2:00
Friday (10/3/25) at St. Theresa’s Parish Center in Salem from 1:00 to 5:00
Saturday (10/4/25) at the Blood Donation Center in Effingham from 7:00 to 3:00
For the list of regional blood drives, or to schedule an appointment to donate blood, call the Blood Donation Center in Effingham toll-free at 800-733-2767 or go to the redcrossblood.org website.