IVCC to host 2 blood drives

Events planned in Ottawa, Oglesby

A firefighter donates blood during the third annual Jake Keltner Memorial Blue Blood Drive on Law Enforcement Appreciation Day, Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022, at the Sage YMCA. McHenry County sheriff's Deputy Jacob Keltner was killed in the line of duty serving an arrest warrant in March 2019 in Rockford. All 230 appointments to donate blood were filled this year.

Illinois Valley Community College will sponsor two blood drives this month in Ottawa and Oglesby.

The first drive will be noon to 5 p.m. Friday, April 12, at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 401 W. Main St., Ottawa.

The second will be 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 30, in the IVCC gym.

Both activities are sponsored by the IVCC Red Cross Club, and the on-campus drive also is sponsored by the IVCC PTK Rho Omega Chapter.

To make an appointment, visit redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767).

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