Area residents have four opportunities to donate blood in May. Donors can donate at any daily mobile site or one of our two fixed sites:  1601 Ailor Avenue near downtown, Knoxville and 11000 Kingston Pike in Farragut near Pittsburg Paints. Medic Regional Blood Center is the sole provider of blood and blood products for 28 area hospitals in 21 counties. Blood drives in your area:

May 11, First United Methodist Church, 216 Cedar Street, Sevierville, 2pm-7pm, Fellowship Hall

May 14, Smoky Mountain Park Service, 107 Park Headquarters Road, Gatlinburg, 9am-5pm, Bloodmobile

May 15, Ft. Sanders Sevier Medical Center, 709  Middlecreek Road, Sevierville, 10am-6pm, Bloodmobile

May 15, Walden’s Landing, 2530 Parkway, Pigeon Forge, 10am-6pm, Bloodmobile

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