The American Red Cross asks eligible donors to help ensure blood is available for patients in need by giving blood in May before the busy summer season kicks in.
Blood and platelet donations often decrease when regular donors are vacationing and school is out of session, but the need for blood is constant. Donors are needed in the weeks leading up to summer to help alleviate this seasonal decline.
Donors of all blood types especially those with types O negative, A negative and B negative are needed to help ensure blood is available for patients this spring. Those who come to donate blood between May 23 and May 25, 2015, will receive a limited-edition Red Cross-branded RuMe® tote bag, while supplies last.
To make an appointment to give blood, download the Red Cross Blood Donor App, visit redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767).
Upcoming blood donation opportunities
Allen County
Saturday, May 16 from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., Ride for the Red Blood Drive, Ehlerding’s River City Harley Davidson, 5525 State Rd. 930 East between Fort Wayne and New Haven.
Sunday, May 17 from 7:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., St. Aloysuis Catholic Church, 14623 Bluffton Rd. in Yoder.
Wednesday, May 20 from 8 a.m. – 3 p.m., Swiss Re, 1670 Magnavox Way in Fort Wayne.
Wednesday, May 20 from 4 p.m. – 7 p.m., American Legion, 14133 SR 1 in Leo.
Tuesday, May 26 from 8 a.m. – 11 a.m., Remax Results, 8101 Coldwater Rd. in Fort Wayne.
Tuesday, May 26 from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., Parkview Hospital, 2200 Randallia in Fort Wayne.
Thursday, May 28 from 1 p.m. – 3:30 p.m., Wal-Mart, 1710 Apple Glen in Fort Wayne.
Saturday, May 30 from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., Wallen Little League, 8917 Village Dr. in Fort Wayne.
DeKalb County
Wednesday, May 20 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., American Legion Butler, 118 North Broadway in Butler.
Sunday, May 31 from 7:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., St. Michael The Archangel Parish, 1098 County Road 39 in Waterloo.
Huntington County
Saturday, May 16 from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m., Central Christian Church, 500 MacGahan in Huntington.
Sunday, May 17 from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., Huntington National Guard Armory, 800 Zahn St. in Huntington.
Wednesday, May 27 from 2 p.m. – 7 p.m., American Legion, 1122 N Main St. in Roanoke.
Friday, May 29 from 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., Parkview Huntington Hospital, 2001 Stults Rd. in Huntington.
LaGrange County
Monday, May 18 from 8 a.m. – 2 p.m., E & S Sales, 1265 N State Rd. 5 in Shipshewana.
Tuesday, May 26 from 3 p.m. – 7 p.m., Wolcott Mills Elementary School, 108 E. Myers Rd. in Wolcottville.
Noble County
Friday, May 22 from 12 p.m. – 5 p.m., Asbury United Methodist Church, 605 East Main St. in Albion.
Steuben County
Friday, May 22 from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., Harold Chevrolet, 824 N Wayne St. in Angola.
Wells County
Monday, May 18 from 1:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Church of the Nazarene, 302 N. Metts St. in Ossian.
Sunday, May 31 from 8 a.m. – 1 p.m., Life Church, 428 South Oak St. in Bluffton.
Whitley County
Thursday, May 21 from 1 p.m. – 6 p.m., Faith Lutheran Church, 9251 E SR 205 in Churubusco.
Wednesday, May 27 from 7:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m., Blood Dr. in Memory of Dominic Devito, Fox Products Corporation, 6110 SR 5 in South Whitley.
Wednesday, May 27 from 12:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m., South Whitley United Methodist Church, 6685 West SR 14, P O Box 386 in South Whitley.
Thursday, May 28 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., United Methodist Church, 605 North Forest Parkway in Columbia City.
The Fort Wayne Donor Center located at 1212 E. California Road in Fort Wayne, (across from the Memorial Coliseum)
Monday and Tuesday: 11 a.m. 5 p.m.
Wednesday and Thursday: noon 6 p.m.
Friday: 8 a.m. 2 p.m.
Saturday: 8 a.m. 1 p.m.
The Lutheran Hospital Donor Center located at 7900 W. Jefferson Blvd., Suite 107 in Fort Wayne (in the South Lobby of Lutheran Hospital)
Monday and Tuesday: noon 6 p.m.
Wednesday and Thursday closed
Friday and Saturday: 6 a.m. noon
