ROANOKE, Va. – Roanoke City Sheriff’s Office is gearing up to help save lives this school year and make sure you get something too.
They’re teaming up with The Blood Connection to have a blood drive on Thursday.
It takes place from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the sheriff’s office on Campbell Avenue.
The Blood Connection tells us as always there’s a big need for donations.
Every two seconds, someone in the United States needs it.
“With every donation there’s a patient on the other side that needs that blood product,” Ellen Kirtner, Partnerships & Media Specialist for the Blood Connection said. “There’s a patient in the hospital that needs that blood transfusion.”
The group says the blood will help maintain a stable blood supply in the Roanoke area.
As an incentive, donors will receive $70 towards a virtual gift card.