(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 (5/26/26) at the Blood Donation Center in Effingham from 11:30 to 7:30
- Wednesday (5/27/26) at the VFW Post #2244 in Lawrenceville from 8:00 to 12:00
- Wednesday (5/27/26) at the Olney Public Library from 12:00 to 4:00
- Thursday (5/28/26) at the Blood Donation Center in Effingham from 11:30 to 7:30
- Thursday (5/28/26) at the Robinson Civic Center from 1:00 to 5:00
- Saturday (5/30/26) at the Blood Donation Center in Effingham from 7:00 to 3:00
- Monday (6/1/26) at the House of Prayer in Albion from 12:00 to 6:00
- Monday (6/1/26) at the Clay Electric Cooperative Office on the west side of Flora from 1:00 to 5:00 :
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.