Medical Announcements

Blood drives have been scheduled in the following area communities: March 23, noon to 6 p.m., conference room, Towner County Medical Center, Cando, contact Gladys Freund at 968-3440 or 303-0461, sponsored by Towner County Medical Center Auxiliary; March 24, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Burdick Memorial Hospital, Belcourt, contact the hospital switchboard at 477-6111 or Lori Martell at ext. 509, sponsored by the Burdick Memorial Hospital Lab; March 25, noon to 6 p.m., Bottineau Ambulance Service Building, contact Mona Johnson at 263-4998 (do not use edonor), sponsored by the Lake Metigoshe Lions Club; March 26, 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Parshall School gymnasium, contact the school at 862-3129, sponsored by the FCCLA; March 26-27, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., ING parking lot, contact Anita Fiest at 858-2218, sponsored by ING; March 30, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., in the Bloodmobile parked outside Integrity Mutual's office in downtown Minot, contact Lyndsay Gunville at 857-0242 or lgunville@cfsbd.com, sponsored by Integrity Mutual; March 31, 1 to 7 p.m., St. Cecilia Catholic Church Parish Hall, Velva, contact Karen Thomas at 338-2515, sponsored by the St. Cecilia Catholic Mothers.

People may also donate blood by scheduling an appointment at a United Blood Services center. To make an appointment in Minot, call 852-2161 or in western North Dakota, call 1-888-221-3520. Donors may also make appointments online at (www.bloodhero.org).