BLOOD DRIVES SCHEDULED FOR AREA

A blood drive will be held between 8 and 11:30 a.m. Sunday at the Cape Naval Reserve Center, 2530 Marie Louise Lane, Cape Girardeau.

Also, a blood drive will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 1904 W. Cape Rock Drive, Cape Girardeau.

The Jackson Outreach Service will hold a blood drive from 2 to 6 p.m., Friday. The Outreach Service is at Main Street Fitness, 410 W. Main in Jackson.

Currently, the supply of types O and B blood has dropped to critical levels. Only a day's supply is on hand of those types to serve 116 hospitals in the Missouri/Illinois Region. While all blood types are needed, donors with types O and B are urged to give blood.