Red Cross Asking For Help On Behalf Of East Coast

Want to help people out east, donate blood.

According to area Red Cross officials, Sandy canceled over 300 blood drives resulting in a shortage of around nine thousand units of blood platelets.  Those numbers are expected to only grow with extended flooding and power outages.

Blood drives tomorrow in the area include: from 11:30 until 5:30 at First United Methodist Church in Princeton; from 1:30 until 5:30 at First Baptist Church in Ottawa; and from 1:45 until 6 at Streator’s Blood Donation Center.

Visit redcross.org if you can make a monetary donation.