COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (Nov. 26, 2018) — The American Red Cross has an urgent need for blood and platelet donors to give now to ensure blood is available for medical treatments and emergencies during the holiday season. Blood and platelet donations often decline during the holidays. Regular donors are busy with holiday activities, and travel and severe winter weather may cause blood drive cancellations. Yet donations remain critical for patients.

Donors are urged to give now to ensure that families don’t have to worry about the availability of blood this winter. In thanks for helping meet the urgent need around the holidays, all those who come to donate blood or platelets now through Dec. 19, 2018, will receive a $5 Amazon.com Gift Card via email. (Restrictions apply; see amazon.com/gc-legal. More information and details are available at RedCrossBlood.org/Together.)

Make an appointment to donate blood or platelets by downloading the free American Red Cross Blood Donor App, visiting RedCrossBlood.org or calling 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767).

Upcoming blood donation opportunities Nov. 26-Dec. 19

Anita: 12/6/2018: 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., CAM High School, 1000 Victory Park Road

Avoca: 12/3/2018: 8 a.m. – 2 p.m., AHSTW High School, 768 So. Maple

Exira: 11/26/2018: 12 p.m. – 6 p.m., Exira Recreational Center, 106 N Jefferson

Earling: 12/4/2018: 12 p.m. – 6 p.m., St. Joseph’s Hall, 118 Main Street

Greenfield: 12/14/2018: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., Nodaway Valley High School, 410 NW 2nd Street

Lenox: 12/12/2018: 12 p.m. – 6 p.m., Community Center, 210 E. Dallas St

Neola: 12/6/2018: 1 p.m. – 6 p.m., Neola Community Center, 110 4th St

Panama: 12/5/2018: 12 p.m. – 6 p.m., St. Mary’s Parish Center, 204 St. Mary Avenue

Arcadia: 12/18/2018: 12:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., American Legion Hall, 210 Head Street

Carroll: 12/19/2018: 12 p.m. – 6 p.m., National Guard Armory, 1712 LeClark Road

Denison: 12/11/2018: 11:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., United Methodist Church, 113 South 14th Street

Dunlap: 12/12/2018: 12:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m., City Hall, 716 Iowa Ave.

Logan: 11/27/2018: 8 a.m. – 2 p.m., Logan Magnolia High School, 1200 N 2nd Ave

Missouri Valley: 12/18/2018: 12 p.m. – 6 p.m., Rand Community/Senior Center, 100 S. 4th St

Malvern: 11/28/2018: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., East Mills High School, 1505 E. 15th St.

Red Oak: 12/3/2018: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., Montgomery County Hospital, 2301 Eastern Ave; 12/3/2018: 11:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 1101 East Summit

Stanton: 12/5/2018: 8 a.m. – 2 p.m., Viking Center, 501 Elliot

College Springs: 11/30/2018: 12:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., South Page High School, 600 S Iowa

Council Bluffs:

Council Bluffs: American Red Cross Blood Donation Center, Loess Hills Blood Donation Center, 705 N. 16th St. Council Bluffs.

11/26/2018: 7:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., Pottawattamie County Courthouse, 227 S. 6th St.

11/29/2018: 8 a.m. – 2 p.m., Lewis Central High School, 3504 Harry Langdon Blvd

12/2/2018: 8 a.m. – 12 p.m., New Horizon Presbyterian Church, 30 Valley View Drive

12/3/2018: 7 a.m. – 1 p.m., Charles E. Lakin YMCA – Council Bluffs, 235 Harmony St.

12/10/2018: 6 a.m. – 12 p.m., Mid-America Center, One Arena Way

12/10/2018: 12 p.m. – 6 p.m., Mid-America Center, One Arena Way

12/13/2018: 8 a.m. – 1 p.m., St. Albert’s High School, 400 Gleason St.

12/14/2018: 8 a.m. – 2 p.m., Iowa School for the Deaf, 3501 Harry Langdon Blvd.