(OLNEY/NEWTON) 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. Here’s this week’s area blood drives :
Tuesday (1/20/26) at the Blood Donation Center in Effingham from 11:30 to 7:30
Wednesday (1/21/26) at the White County Farm Bureau in Carmi from 1:00 to 5:00
Wednesday (1/21/26) at the Palestine High School from 2:00 to 6:00
Thursday (1/22/26) at the Blood Donation Center in Effingham from 11:30 to 7:30
Thursday (1/22/26) at the Laborers Local 1197 in McLeansboro from 12:00 to 5:00
Thursday (1/22/26) at the Parkview Christian Church in Mt. Carmel from 1:00 to 6:00
Saturday (1/24/26) at the Blood Donation Center in Effingham from 7:00 to 3:00
Monday (1/26/26) at the Holy Cross Paris 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.