(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 :
Monday (3/16/26) at the Richland County Elementary School in Olney from 1:00 to 5:00
Tuesday (3/17/26) at the Blood Donation Center in Effingham from 11:30 to 7:30
Wednesday (3/18/26) at the Blood Donation Center in Effingham from 11:30 to 7:30
Wednesday (3/18/26) at the Sumner Community Church from 1:00 to 7:00
Thursday (3/19/26) at the Blood Donation Center in Effingham from 11:30 to 7:30
Thursday (3/19/26) at the First Christian Church in Carmi from 1:00 to 6:00
Friday (3/20/26) at the Laborers Local 1197 in McLeansboro from 12:00 to 5:00
Saturday (3/21/26) at the Blood Donation Center in Effingham from 7:00 to 3:00
Monday (3/23/26) at the Holy Cross Parish Center in Wendelin from 1:30 to 5:30
To schedule an appointment to donate blood, call the ARC’s Blood Donation Center in Effingham toll-free, at 800-733-2767, or go to the redcrossblood.org website.