AREA CHANCES TO GIVE BLOOD THIS WEEK

(OLNEY/NEWTON) With a Blood Emergency is place throughout the Midwest, the American Red Cross is asking area blood donors to get out and give blood at their next earliest opportunity to help replenish low area blood supplies on hand : 

• Tuesday (5/19/26) at the Blood Donation Center in Effingham from 11:30 to 7:30

• Wednesday (5/20/26) at the Holy Cross Parish Hall in Wendelin from 1:30 to 5:30

• Wednesday (5/20/26) at the Palestine High School from 2:00 to 6:00

• Thursday (5/21/26) at the Blood Donation Center in Effingham from 11:30 to 7:30

• Thursday (5/21/26) at the Laborers Local 1197 in McLeansboro from 12:00 to 5:00

• Friday (5/22/26) at VFW Post 3851 in Carmi from 1:00 to 5:00

• Saturday (5/23/26) at the Blood Donation Center in Effingham from 7:00 to 3:00

To schedule an appointment to donate blood, call the ARC’s Blood Donation Center in Effingham, toll-free, at 800-733-2767 or go online to the redcrossblood.org website.