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Princeton Rotary to host community blood drive on Oct. 4

Drive will be held in Rotary Park

By Shaw Local News Network
A phlebotomist prepares to collect blood during the second annual Jake Keltner Memorial Blue Blood Drive on Law Enforcement Appreciation Day, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021, in Crystal Lake. The blood drive event was held Glacier Ridge Elementary School this year to better accommodate social distancing measures. It attracted about 360 pre-registered donors with walk-in also accepted. McHenry County sheriff's Deputy Jacob Keltner was killed in the line of duty serving an arrest warrant in March 2019 in Rockford.

The Princeton Rotary Club will host a community blood drive from 4 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 4 at Bicentennial Drive, inside a donor bus at Rotary Park. (Matthew Apgar/Matthew Apgar)

The Princeton Rotary Club will host a community blood drive from 4 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 4 at Bicentennial Drive, inside a donor bus at Rotary Park.

The drive will be performed by ImpactLife, a provided of blood and blood components to more than 125 hospitals in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and Wisconsin.

ImpactLife is the exclusive provider to OSF Saint Clare Medical Center and St. Margaret’s Health.

Potential donors must be at least 17 years of age or 16 with a parental permission form. Donors must weigh over 110 pounds and have a valid photo I.D.

For questions about eligibility, call ImpactLife at 800-747-5401. Donors who last gave blood on or before Aug. 9 are eligible to give at this drive.

To donate, contact Cathy Foes at 815-876-4481 or visit www.bloodcenter.org and us code 3375 to locate the drive.