TUMC, Red Cross will hold summer blood drives

Trinity United Methodist Church, 1556 Rex Drive, Orrville, will host a community blood drive with the American Red Cross on July 13 from 1-6 p.m. and on Aug. 11 from 2-7 p.m.

Blood is a perishable product that can only come from volunteer blood donors. With someone in the U.S. needing blood every two seconds, blood products must be constantly replenished, according to the Red Cross.

Community members are urged to donate blood and help ensure patients in local hospitals have a supply of blood ready and waiting before an emergency occurs.

According to the Red Cross, donors with all blood types are needed, especially those with types O negative, A negative and B negative.

For more information or to make an appointment to donate, call 800-733-2767 or sign up online at www.redcrossblood.org. TUMC will serve pulled-pork sliders in July and sub sliders in August.