Putnam County High School Interact Club to hold blood drive Sept. 22

Drive will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Polo Community High School senior Wyatt Queckboerner, 18, watches as American Red Cross worker Josh Bornsheuer inserts a needle to take Queckboerner's blood. The teen donated blood on April 28 during his lunch break. The Polo Student Council hosted the blood drive with the American Red Cross.

The Putnam County High School Interact Club will sponsor a Red Cross Blood Drive from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 22 in the high school gymnasium, located at 402 E. Silverspoon Ave in Granville.

The drive is co-sponsored by the Putnam County Rotary.

Students age 16 and older, staff and community members and able to schedule a time to donate. Blood donations will also help the school qualify for Red Cross Scholarships to be awarded in the spring.

To schedule and pre-register, visit redcrossblood.org or call 800-773-2767.