Red Cross asking for blood donors following winter storms

The American Red Cross is asking for blood and platelet donations following record-breaking winter storms across the U.S.

The organization is asking for healthy people, especially people with type O blood, to give now to make sure that blood is available for emergencies.

Winter storms prevented hundreds of blood drives from happening over the last week, causing more than 15,000 blood and platelet donations not to be collected.

In Ohio alone, nearly 700 donations were not collected, with more than 20 blood drives being canceled.

The Red Cross aims to get back on track with donations this week as the weather returns to near seasonal averages.

Several blood drives are happening in the area in the next couple of weeks.

Below is a list of different blood drives happening in the Mahoning Valley

Mahoning County

Austintown
3/6/2021: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., Austintown Library, 600 S. Raccoon Rd
3/9/2021: 2 p.m. - 7 p.m., Redeemer Lutheran Church, 2305 S. Canfield-Niles Rd

Boardman
2/22/2021: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m., Boardman Public Library, 7680 Glenwood Avenue
3/8/2021: 1:30 p.m. - 7 p.m., Westminster Presbyterian Church, 119 Stadium Drive
3/13/2021: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., Boardman Public Library, 7680 Glenwood Avenue

Damascus
3/9/2021: 1:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m., Damascus United Methodist Church, 300 Valley Rd

North Jackson
3/1/2021: 8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., Jackson Milton High School, 13910 Mahoning Avenue

Poland
3/5/2021: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Poland Library, 311 S. Main Street

Youngstown
2/24/2021: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Eugenia Atkinson Recreation Center, 903 Otis Street
2/25/2021: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m., Stambaugh Auditorium, 1000 Fifth Ave
2/25/2021: 1 p.m. - 6 p.m., Zion Lutheran Church, 3300 Canfield Rd
3/3/2021: 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., Youngstown Skate, 7080 Tiffany Blvd.
3/9/2021: 2 p.m. - 6 p.m., Church Hill United Methodist Church, 189 Churchill Hubbard Rd

Trumbull County

Brookfield
3/2/2021: 11:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., Tiffany's Banquet Center, 601 Bedford Road SE

Cortland
2/26/2021: 12 p.m. - 6 p.m., Wildare United Methodist Church, 7211 N Park Ave.Ext
3/10/2021: 12 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., Cortland United Methodist Church, 155 N. High Street
3/13/2021: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., Fowler Community Church, 4665 Wilson Sharpsville Rd.

Girard
2/25/2021: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m., Shiloh Full Gospel Church, 1310 Shannon Rd.

Kinsman
3/15/2021: 1:30 p.m. - 7 p.m., Rock Of Grace Church Kinsman, 6745 Ohio 5

Newton Falls
3/10/2021: 1 p.m. - 6 p.m., St Marys Social Hall, 120 Maple Drive

Niles
2/23/2021: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m., Niles Wellness Center, 213 Sharkey Drive
2/23/2021: 11:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., Eastwood Mall, 5555 Youngstown-Warren Rd.
3/11/2021: 11:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., Eastwood Mall, 5555 Youngstown-Warren Rd.

Warren
2/27/2021: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., St Pauls Lutheran Church, 2860 East Market St.
3/1/2021: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., North Mar Church, 3855 E. Market St.
3/1/2021: 12 p.m. - 6 p.m., Howland Community Church, 198 Niles-Cortland Rd.
3/2/2021: 12 p.m. - 6 p.m., Champion Presbyterian Church, 4997 Mahoning Ave. NW

Columbiana County

Salem
3/1/2021: 2 p.m. - 7 p.m., Elks Lodge 305, 824 E. State St
3/10/2021: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., Salem Regional Medical Center, 1995 E. State Street