BLOOD DRIVES THIS WEEK (02/05/2024)

(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 at the House of Prayer in Albion from 12:00 to 6:00 : Tuesday at the Blood Donation Center in Effingham from 11:30 to 7:30 : Wednesday at the Immanuel United Methodist Church in Olney from 12:00 to 4:00 : Wednesday at the Greenup Village Building from 12:30 TO 5:30 : Thursday at Wabash General Hospital in Mt. Carmel from 11:00 to 5:00 : Thursday at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Newton from 12:00 to 5:30 : Friday at the Newton Community High School from 8:30 to 2:00 : Friday at the Oblong Municipal Building from 12:30 to 5:30 : Saturday at the Blood Donation Center in Effingham from 7:00 to 3:00 : Monday at the Shiloh Baptist Church near Bridgeport from 12:00 to 5:00 : all blood types and platelets are needed to replenish low area and regional 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.