Upcoming blood drive at health fair

[March 23, 2012]  To help ensure an adequate blood supply for the region, there will be a blood drive during the Community Health Fair at Lincoln Park District on Saturday, March 31. The Central Illinois Community Blood Center donor bus will be parked next to the ballroom. The hours of the blood drive are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

For your convenience, call Alexis to sign up toll-free at 1-866-GIVE-BLD (1-866-448-3253), ext. 158, or sign up online at www.cicbc.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 over 180,000 units of blood annually and serves a total of 80 hospitals in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and Wisconsin.