Upcoming blood drive

[August 29, 2012]  To help ensure an adequate blood supply for the region, the Central Illinois Community Blood Center is offering another opportunity to donate blood in Lincoln before Labor Day weekend.

Friday, Aug. 31

• Lincoln College Student Center, 900 N. Ottawa; 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

For your convenience, call toll-free 1-866-GIVE-BLD (1-866-448-3253), ext 158, to sign up, or schedule an appointment online at www.bloodcenterimpact.org. Walk-ins are also welcome and truly appreciated.

Central Illinois Community Blood Center, a not-for-profit organization, is the provider of life-saving blood for 12 hospitals throughout central Illinois, including Memorial Medical Center and St. John’s Hospital in Springfield. CICBC is a division of the Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center, which collects more than 180,000 units of blood annually and serves 80 hospitals in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and Wisconsin.