Some wear blood donation bandages

April 28 is National Superhero Day. You can be the superhero your community needs any day of the year. You don’t need superstrength, a utility belt or a cool nickname. All you need is a kind heart and blood in your veins.

To be a superhero, and earn that bandage, make an appointment at a blood drive in your community, roll up your sleeve and donate blood.

In about an hour, you’ll donate a substance that could save up to three local lives. Your lifesaving blood could be transfused into a cancer survivor, sickle cell warrior, accident victim, NICU baby or other hospital patient in need, right here in our community.

In the real world (not in a comic book or a movie), your lifesaving superpower will make an impact that ripples out for generations.

Right now, local families call out to you for help. Will you save them? Make an appointment. Visit: donateblood.versiti.org/

Blood drives

April 1, noon – 6:30 p.m. at Faith Lutheran Church, 5315 Henderson Lake Rd, Prescott

April 2, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at Fairview High School, 1879 E. Miller Rd, Fairview

April 3, 11 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. at St. Francis of Assisi Church Parish Hall, 3060 Casey St, Lewiston

April 7, 9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. at Michigan State Police-West Branch Post

April 11, 8:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. at Standish-Sterling Central High School Atrium, 2401 Grove Rd, Standish

April 18, 9 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. at MyMichigan Health Park, 335 E Houghton Ave, West Branch

April 23, 2 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. at Mio High School, 1110 W 8th St, Mio

April 29, 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at Hale High School Library, 311 N Washington St

Hale

April 30, 2:30 pm – 6:30 p.m. In Honor of Clementine, Surline Elementary School gym, 147 State St, West Branch