Clothing, Food and Blood Drive

Shawnee Community College will host an American Red Cross Blood Drive 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Wednesday, September 28. The drive will be located in the SCC gymnasium located on the main campus near Ullin. SCC sponsors American Red Cross Blood Drives throughout the year, but special emphasis this year is on the disaster relief in the South. This year, the SCC Student Senate, Phi Theta Kappa and Phi Beta Lambda student organizations are sponsoring a clothing and food drive in conjunction with the American Red Cross Blood Drive. Area residents, students, faculty and staff are encouraged to donate blood, clothing, canned goods, and personal items. Special needs items include socks, t-shirts, undergarments and toys. For more information, contact Jeff McGoy, SCC Recruitment Specialist, at 618-634-3353.

The Tennessee Valley Blood Services Region of the American Red Cross supplies blood for patients in 75 hospitals in parts of Illinois, Missouri, Tennessee, and Kentucky. There is no upper age limit for donating blood. If you have one, please bring an ID or your donor card.

As a volunteer blood donor, to be eligible to donate you must feel well that day, be 17 years of age, weigh at least 110 lbs., have not donated whole blood in the past 56 days, and have not received a notification from Red Cross Services requesting that you not give. If you have questions about your eligibility to donate, please call 615-327-8571.

The Tennessee Valley Region is one of 37 American Red Cross blood services regions nationwide. More than 600 pints of blood are needed every day in the region. Each pint of blood donated helps an average of three people.