Kentucky Blood Center will be hosting a blood drive at McDowell ARH on Thursday, June 15th from 9-11 am and another drive on the same day at ARH – Our Lady of the Way in Martin from 1 pm to 3 pm

Blood collected at this drive will save the lives of patients in Kentucky who require products for surgeries, diseases like cancer, traumas, organ transplants, premature births and more.

Blood donors must be at least 17 years old (16 with parental consent), weigh at least 110 pounds, be in general good health, show a photo I.D. and meet additional requirements. Sixteen-year-old donors must have a signed parental permission slip, which can be found at kybloodcenter.org.