Red Cross In Urgent Need of Blood Donations

The American Red Cross is urging members the community to make a lifesaving blood donation to ensure lifesaving patient care isn’t impacted this winter.

Type O blood is reportedly the most in-demand blood type, helping patients facing life-threatening conditions and emergencies every day. Type O negative blood can be transfused to patients with any blood type and is what emergency room personnel reach for when there’s no time to determine a patient’s blood type. Type O positive blood is also especially needed because it is the most transfused blood type and can be given to Rh-positive patients of any blood type.

Right now, the Red Cross says it has less than a three-day supply of most blood types, and blood products are being distributed to hospitals faster than donations are coming in. Recent snowstorms and severe weather in many parts of the country have forced hundreds of blood drive cancellations, causing more than 20,000 blood and platelet donations to go uncollected.

Individuals of all blood types – especially type O – are asked to 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).

To celebrate the final season of Game of Thrones, HBO and the Red Cross have partnered to ask fans and blood donors to Bleed #ForTheThrone this March. This is the largest blood donation promotional effort by an entertainment company in Red Cross history – with six days of coordinated giving March 7-12 from fans and blood donors at blood drives in 43 states across the U.S.


Here is a list of upcoming blood donation opportunities in the area:

American Legion, 211 South 7th Mayfield, KY 42066
2/26/2019: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
3/26/2019: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Ballard County Elementary, 3561 Paducah Road Barlow, KY 42024
3/27/2019: 1:30 - 6:30 p.m.

Bardwell Baptist Church, 323 US Highway 51 S. Bardwell, KY 42023
3/7/2019: noon - 6 p.m.

Big Sandy Senior Citizen's Center, 224 2nd Ave. Big Sandy, TN 38221
3/22/2019: 1 - 6 p.m.

Calvert City Church of Christ, 4625 US Highway 62 Calvert City, KY 42029
2/28/2019: 12:30 - 5:30 p.m.

Calvert City Civic Center, 991 E. 5th Ave. Calvert City, KY 42029
3/11/2019: noon - 6 p.m.

Century Unit School District 100, 4721 Shawnee College Road Ullin, IL 62992
3/21/2019: 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

CFSB Center, 1401 KY-121 Murray, KY 42071
3/27/2019: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Cypress Grade School, 4580 Mt. Pisgah Road Cypress, IL 62923
3/21/2019: 1 - 6 p.m.

Fairfield Church of Christ, 1860 Hwy. 100 Centerville, TN 37033
3/4/2019: 12:30 - 5:30 p.m.

Fancy Farm Elementary School, 270 St Rt 339 S. Fancy Farm, KY 42039
3/19/2019: 1 - 6 p.m.

Farmington Elementary School, 7730 State Route 121 S. Mayfield, KY 42066
3/7/2019: noon - 5 p.m.

Fellowship Baptist Church, 890 Senior Ave. Vienna, IL 62995
3/18/2019: noon - 6 p.m.

First Baptist Church, 115 Second St. Fulton, KY 42041
3/5/2019: noon - 4 p.m.

First Baptist Church Kuttawa, Walnut Drive Kuttawa, KY 42055
3/11/2019: 12:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

First Christian Church, 415 Audubon Drive Paducah, KY 42001
3/4/2019: 11:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

First United Methodist Church, 210 South Washington St. Clinton, KY 42031
3/25/2019: noon - 6 p.m.

Forrest High School, 310 North Horton Parkway Chapel Hill, TN 37034
2/27/2019: 8 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Graves County Central Elementary, 2262 State Rt. 121 N. Mayfield, KY 42066
3/13/2019: noon - 5 p.m.

Graves County Middle  School, 615 Jimtown Road Mayfield, KY 42066
3/7/2019: 2 - 6 p.m.

Hardin County High School, Route 2 Elizabethtown, IL 62931
3/6/2019: 10:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Hickman County High School, 301 Cresap St. Clinton, KY 42031
3/29/2019: 8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Livingston Hospital Health Care Services, 131 Hospital Drive Salem, KY 42078
2/27/2019: 12:30 - 4:30 p.m.

Lourdes Hospital, 1530 Lone Oak Road Paducah, KY 42003
3/20/2019: 7 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Lowes Elementary School, 6775 State RT. 440 Lowes, KY 42061
3/12/2019: noon - 5 p.m.

Lowe's Home Improvement Murray, 1400 Lowes Drive Murray, KY 42071
3/28/2019: 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Marshall County Hospital, 615 Old Symsonia Road Benton, KY 42025
3/15/2019: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 9701 Blandville Road West Paducah, KY 42086
3/17/2019: 1 - 5 p.m.

Paducah Blood Donation Center, 4635 Falconcrest Drive Paducah, KY 42001
2/25/2019: 11:45 a.m. - 6:45 p.m.
2/26/2019: 8:45 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.
2/28/2019: 11:45 a.m. - 6:45 p.m.
3/1/2019: 8:45 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.
3/2/2019: 7:45 a.m. - 2:45 p.m.
3/3/2019: 7:45 a.m. - 2:45 p.m.
3/4/2019: 11:45 a.m. - 6:45 p.m.
3/5/2019: 8:45 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.
3/7/2019: 11:45 a.m. - 6:45 p.m.
3/8/2019: 8:45 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.
3/9/2019: 7:45 a.m. - 2:45 p.m.
3/10/2019: 7:45 a.m. - 2:15 p.m.
3/11/2019: 11:45 a.m. - 6:45 p.m.
3/12/2019: 8:45 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.
3/14/2019: 11:45 a.m. - 6:45 p.m.
3/15/2019: 8:45 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.
3/16/2019: 7:45 a.m. - 2:45 p.m.
3/17/2019: 7:45 a.m. - 2:15 p.m.
3/18/2019: 11:45 a.m. - 6:45 p.m.
3/19/2019: 8:45 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.
3/21/2019: 11:45 a.m. - 6:45 p.m.
3/22/2019: 8:45 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.
3/23/2019: 7:45 a.m. - 2:45 p.m.
3/24/2019: 7:45 a.m. - 2:15 p.m.
3/25/2019: 11:45 a.m. - 6:45 p.m.
3/26/2019: 8:45 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.
3/28/2019: 11:45 a.m. - 6:45 p.m.
3/29/2019: 8:45 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.
3/30/2019: 7:45 a.m. - 2:45 p.m.
3/31/2019: 7:45 a.m. - 2:15 p.m.

Reidland Church of Christ, 5500 Kentucky Dam Road Paducah, KY 42003
2/27/2019: 3:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Sedalia Elementary School, 5252 State Route 97 Mayfield, KY 42066
3/4/2019: 1 - 6 p.m.

St. John's Episcopal Church, 1620 West Main St. Murray, KY 42071
3/14/2019: 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Symsonia Elementary School, 11730 State Route 131 Symsonia, KY 42082
3/6/2019: noon - 5 p.m.

Wingo Elementary School, 449 Lebanon St. Wingo, KY 42088
3/5/2019: 1 - 6 p.m.

Woodmen Life, 1005 Poplar St. Benton, KY 42025
3/18/2019: 12 p.m. - 6 p.m.