A drive to collect blood will take place April 18 from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the American Legion in Electric City.

Vitalant says all blood types are needed, but especially type O. They encourage advance appointments.

There is no waiting period to give blood after receiving and FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccine, but the vaccine is not required.

You can make an appointment online or by calling 877-258-4825 and using sponsor code grandcouleecomm.

The site to visit online is donors.vitalant.org, where you can see specific time slots still open.

The QR code here will take you to that site if you use your smartphone's camera.