Canton Community Center will be holding a blood drive Thursday, August 26. The blood drive will be at the Canton Community Center at 301 N. Garland. To schedule, an appointment, contact Oklahoma Blood Drive Institute at 580-233-9323 or visit obi.org.

All blood donors receive their choice of an OSU or OU t-shirt and choice of one Science Museums ticket, one Frontier City ticket, or two Safari Joe’s H20 tickets.

“Well, originally I started giving blood so I could get out of school and get the Blood Donation Honor Cord for graduation. I thought it would look good on college applications, but now it is something I really like doing because I am healthy and I can help those in need,” Kenzi Nix, senior, said.