Blood drive at Lincoln VFW Sept. 27

[September 21, 2013]  To help ensure an adequate blood supply for the region, there will be a blood drive Friday, Sept. 27, from noon to 3 p.m. at the Lincoln VFW Freedom Hall Event Center, 915 Fifth St.

For your convenience, call the blood center toll-free to sign up at 1-866-GIVE-BLD (1-866-448-3253), or schedule an appointment online using sponsor code 60505 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 lifesaving blood for 14 hospitals throughout central Illinois, including Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital in Lincoln and 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 87 hospitals in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and Wisconsin.