Third quarterly blood drive slated March 26-30

Mississippi Blood Services personnel will visit the Medical Center March 26-30 for the third of UMMC's quarterly blood drives in 2011-12. All donors will receive an MBS T-shirt. Identification is required to donate blood.

Times, dates and places for the drive include:

• 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday, March 26 between the Guyton Research Center and the School of Medicine and at the University Hospital entrance;
• 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday, March 27 between the Guyton Research Center and the School of Medicine;
• 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday, March 27 Main entrance to the Central Billing Office in Clinton
• 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday, March 28 between the Guyton Research Center and the School of Medicine;
• 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday, March 29 Batson Children's Hospital entrance;
• 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursday, March 29 in the Community Meeting Room at the Jackson Medical Mall Thad Cochran Center;
• 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, March 30 at the University Hospital entrance.

For more information about UMMC's blood drive, call Renee Howard at 4-2884 or send her an e-mail at rhoward@umc.edu.