Blood drive slated today

By Melinda L. Lucas

An Albany blood drive is set for today, Nov. 17.

Hendrick Regional Blood Center will park the bloodmobile at First Baptist Church at the usual time from 1:00 to 6:00 p.m.

The blood center depends on volunteer blood donors to supply 100 percent of the blood that is used for patient care at 17 area hospitals.

The Kiwanis Club blood drives are scheduled roughly every eight weeks throughout the year.

This is the last blood drive of 2022, with the first collection date of the new year tentatively scheduled for the second Thursday in January, eight weeks from now. There will probably be six drives on the calendar for 2023.

Local Kiwanians urge community members to donate blood to help ensure patients in the hospitals served have a supply of blood ready and waiting before an emergency occurs.

Those who have eligibility questions can call 325-670-2880.