Area communities to host October blood drives

DES MOINES, Iowa — Blood cannot be created in a lab and there’s no substitute available, so if a hospital patient in our area needs a transfusion, that blood comes directly from LifeServe Blood Center blood donors.

The Coleridge Community Blood Drive is scheduled for Oct. 18. from noon-3 p.m., at 111 S. Main St.

Hartington will host a community blood drive, Oct. 19, from 12:30-6 p.m., at 206 E. Main Street.

Randolph High School and Community Blood Drive will be held Oct. 27, from noon-5:30 p.m., at 207 N. Pierce Street.

Schedule a blood donation appointment online at lifeservebloodcenter. org or call 800.287.4903.