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LEWISTOWN -- The American Red Cross is entering one of its most dangerous points of the year, as midsummer blood donations have dropped to levels that threaten patient care.
With vacations, travel and end-of-summer routines pulling regular donors away, the national blood supply fell nearly 25% in June.
Hospitals are now operating with critically low reserves, forcing tighter monitoring of trauma cases, surgeries and chronic-care patients who rely on steady transfusions.
All blood types are needed immediately to prevent delays in lifesaving treatment. The hour someone finds today could be the hour that keeps a patient alive.
Upcoming blood drives in the Juniata River Valley:
Today: Port Royal Community Building, 212 W. Fourth St., Port Royal, 12:30 to 6 p.m. Sponsored by Friendship Fire Co. and Port Royal EMS.
Tuesday: Compass Community Connections, 31 S. Dorcas St., Suite A, Lewistown, 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 13: Pine Glen Alliance Church, 1058 Route 103, Lewistown, 12:30 to 6 p.m. Sponsored by McVeytown community.
Monday, Aug. 17: Burnham Lions Club Community Building, 403 First Ave., Burnham, 12:30 to 6 p.m. Sponsored by Burnham Lions Club.
Wednesday, Aug. 19: Kish Innovation Center, 7920 Route 655, Reedsville, noon to 6 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 26: Locust Grove Mennonite Church, 3358 W. Main St., Belleville, noon to 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 2: Reedsville Fire Co., 16 Firehouse Blvd., Reedsville, 12:30 to 6 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 10: Ellen Chapel Church, 11764 Ferguson Valley Road, Lewistown, noon to 6 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 17: St. John's Lutheran Church, 120 N. Main St., Lewistown, noon to 5 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 8: Pine Glen Alliance Church, 1058 Route 103, Lewistown, 12:30 to 5 p.m. Sponsored by McVeytown community.
Wednesday, Oct. 21: Belleville Community Hall, 11 Walnut Hall, Belleville, noon to 6 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 28: Port Royal Community Building, 212 W. West Fourth St., Port Royal, 12:30 to 6 p.m. Sponsored by Friendship Fire Co. and Port Royal EMS.
For more information, visit redcrossblood.org.