41NBC Memorial Day Blood Drive set for next week

Regional Communications Manager at the American Red Cross, Suzanne Lawler, says donors can give blood every 56 days.

May 22, 2025

Monica Diaz-Meek,

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The 13th annual 41NBC Memorial Day Blood Drive is set to take place May 26–29 across Middle Georgia.

Regional communications manager at the American Red Cross, Suzanne Lawler, says donations often decline around holidays like Memorial Day. Lawler says someone in the U.S. needs blood every two seconds.

Donors will receive an exclusive Red Cross solar lantern while supplies last, and there is a chance for donors to win a U.S. trip of their choice for the donor and a guest. Donors can apply through rcblood.org/may.

Blood drives will be held at the following locations:

May 26, 2025: 10 a.m.–3 p.m., Houston County Galleria, 2922 Watson Blvd., Centerville, Ga.
May 27, 2025: 2–6 p.m., Hart’s Mortuary, 307 Pecan Lane, Gray, Ga.
May 27, 2025: 2–6 p.m., Sardis-Heard Funerals and Cremation Center, 6125 Houston Road, Macon, Ga.
May 28, 2025: 10:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m., Carl Vinson VA Medical Center, 1826 Veterans Blvd., Dublin, Ga.
May 28, 2025: 11 a.m.–3 p.m., American Red Cross, 6080 Lakeside Commons Drive, Macon, Ga.
May 29, 2025: 2–6 p.m., Allied Arts, 101 Floyd L. Griffin Jr. St., Milledgeville, Ga.