There is a critical shortage of blood in the Kansas City area due to the fact that many drives were cancelled due to recent inclement weather.

Urgent calls for blood donations are going out across our KC community. The unit of blood each donor provides usually saves two lives.

The blood drive will run from 9 a.m.- 4 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 26, in room 557 of Flarsheim Hall on the Volker Campus.

Sign up for an appointment by:

1. emailing Jane Vogl, voglj@umkc.edu, site coordinator, the time you would like to donate – slots are open every 15 minutes from 9 a.m. – 3:45 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 26.
2. signing up online at www.savealifenow.org , click on schedule an appointment and enter the code: SCE and then click on search to access the link to this drive’s appointment page.