Right now, blood donations are leaving the shelves faster than they’re coming in. That means patients are at risk for delayed surgeries or treatment. Please hurry to book your next appointment!

The Chinook community will host a community blood drive with the American Red Cross on Tuesday July 20th from 12 noon to 6PM at Wallner Hall 330 Ohio (behind the Methodist Church, the door is facing 4th street). The Red Cross highly recommends appointments, however walk in donors are welcome. There will be additional Red Cross staff available to accommodate any walk in donors. To make an appointment to donate you may sign up online at redcrossblood.org.

In regards to our previous drive in May; We had 51 presenting donors with 49 viable units collected on a goal of 47.

We had several Milestones with Darla Ortner reaching 1 gallon, Fay Friede reaching 3 gallons, Charles Wasser reaching 11 gallons, and Don Ranstrom reaching 17 gallons.

Door prizes were provided by the ladies of the Methodist Church and the North Central Montana Cattlewomen, and awarded to Mark Weber, Tandi Molyneau, Royce Houtzel, Fay Friede, Brooke Elliot, Rodney Johnson and Wilma Melville.

The canteen was hosted by the ladies of the Methodist Church. The site for the drive was compliments of the United Methodist Church and Pastor Jack Mattingly, check in was assisted by Judy Johnson, Roxanne Townsend and Linda Thompson, cleanup was provided by Chrissy Downs and the JUMP youth group.

It was a great turnout all due to our wonderful donors and volunteers. Lets do it again on July 20th. See you there.