Three blood donation sites open in January

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January is National Blood Donor Month, which has been celebrated annually since 1970. Clarendon County will have three donation sites this month: 9:45 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 23 at Laurence Manning Academy on Old Georgetown Road; 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Jan. 27 at Clarendon Hall in Summerton; and 8:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. Jan. 27 at East Clarendon High School in Turbeville. Donors of all types are needed, particularly those with O, A and B negative. To learn more about donating blood and to schedule an appointment, download the Red Cross Blood Donor App and visit redcrossblood.org, or call 1 (800) RED-CROSS.