(Undated) – The current blast of winter weather has driven the need for blood donations to a twenty-year high. According to the Red Cross, thanks to the bitter cold temperatures, blood drives across central Illinois had to be canceled leaving hospitals with less than a day’s supply of blood. January marks “National Blood Donor Month.” To schedule a blood donation, visit redcrossblood.org. All those that donate in January will automatically be entered for a chance to win a trip for two to the Super Bowl in Las Vegas. The Red Cross will be at the Hutsonville High School today from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
March 11, 2019. Monroe Carell Jr Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville, Tennessee. Photographs from blood bank at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, blood donations at Red Cross on Monday, March 11, 2019 in Nashville, Tenn. Photo by Sanford Myers/American Red Cross
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