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American Red Cross to host blood drive Aug. 17 in Princeton

Drive to be held at the First United Methodist Church, 316 S. Church St.

By Shaw Local News Network
A firefighter donates blood during the third annual Jake Keltner Memorial Blue Blood Drive on Law Enforcement Appreciation Day, Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022, at the Sage YMCA. McHenry County sheriff's Deputy Jacob Keltner was killed in the line of duty serving an arrest warrant in March 2019 in Rockford. All 230 appointments to donate blood were filled this year.

Jake Keltner Memorial Blue Blood Drive The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 17 at the First United Methodist Church, located at 303 S. Central Ave. in Princeton. (Gregory Shaver for Shaw Media/Gregory Shaver for Shaw Media )

The American Red Cross will host a blood drive from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 17 at the First United Methodist Church, located at 316 S. Church St. in Princeton.

The American Red Cross has seen a deficit of around 25,000 blood donations in the first two months of the summer, which can make it hard to keep hospitals stocked with lifesaving blood products.

Currently, the Red Cross especially needs type O negative, type O positive, type B negative and type A negative blood donors, as well as platelet donors.

To schedule an appointment to give, download the Red Cross Blood Donor App, visit redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-733-2767.

All who donated in throughout the month of August will receive a $10 e-gift card to a movie merchant of their choice.