American Red Cross is asking Valley residents to donate blood

The American Red Cross is encouraging Valley residents to donate blood during the end-of-year holidays.

The organization will be giving prizes for donations made for a limited time. From December 9 to 15, donors will receive a $15 e-gift card to a store of choice, and from December 16 to January 3, 2025, donors will get an American Red Cross long-sleeved T-shirt.

Here is a list of places in the Valley where you can donate blood from December 4 to January 3, 2025.

Columbiana County

• Columbiana: Dec. 27, 12 p.m. - 5 p.m., Columbiana American Legion Post 290
• East Liverpool: Dec. 10, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., Peter Metrovich Community Center, 15442 Pugh Road; 1/2/2025: 12:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., First Free Methodist Church, 16260 St. Clair Ave
• East Palestine: Dec. 19, 1 p.m. - 6 p.m., First Church of Christ, 20 W. Martin Street
• Salem: Dec. 6, 12 p.m. - 5 p.m., Hannah E Mullins School Of Practical Nursing, 230 N Lincoln Ave

Mahoning County

• Austintown: Dec. 23, 1 p.m. - 6 p.m., Redeemer Lutheran Church, 2305 S. Canfield-Niles Rd
• Boardman: Dec. 4, 12 p.m. - 6 p.m., Valley Christian Church, 7155 Glenwood Ave; Dec. 7: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., Boardman Public Library, 7680 Glenwood Avenue; Dec. 16: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m., Boardman Public Library, 7680 Glenwood Avenue
• Damascus: Dec. 26, 1 p.m. - 6 p.m., Damascus Methodist Church, 300 Valley Rd
• North Jackson: Dec. 11, 8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., Jackson Milton High School, 13910 Mahoning Avenue
• Poland: Dec. 10, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m., Poland Library, 311 S. Main Street; Dec. 13: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Poland Library, 311 S. Main Street; Jan. 3, 12 p.m. - 5 p.m., Holy Family Parish Center, 2731 Center Rd
• Youngstown, Dec. 12: 12 p.m. - 6 p.m., St. Patrick Church Youngstown, 1420 Oak Hill; Dec. 16: 12 p.m. - 5 p.m., Believers Church-Boardman, 1322 W. Western Reserve Road; Dec. 19: 1 p.m. - 6 p.m., Zion Lutheran Church, 3300 Canfield Rd; Dec. 23: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., Stambaugh Auditorium, 1000 Fifth Ave

Trumbull County

• Brookfield Center: Dec. 4, 12 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., Brookfield Fire Department, 774 OH-7
• Cortland, Dec. 11, 12 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., Cortland United Methodist Church, 155 N. High Street; Dec. 21, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., Cortland Masonic Lodge, 3263 Everett Hull Rd.
• Hubbard: Dec. 11,  12 p.m. - 6 p.m., St Patricks Catholic Church, 367 N. Main St
• Niles: Dec. 30, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m., Niles Wellness Center, 213 Sharkey Drive
• Warren: Dec. 4: 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., Kent State Univ Trumbull Branch, 4314 Mahoning Ave.; Dec. 12: 12 p.m. - 6 p.m., Wildare Church, 7211 N Park Ave.Ext; Dec. 20: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., Packard Music Hall, 1703 Mahoning Ave.