Blood Donor Day Feb. 27 Hosted By Boy Scouts In Ellicott City

ELLICOTT CITY, MD — Local Boy Scout Troop #944 will host a blood drive Feb. 27 from 3 to 8 p.m. at Bethany Church, 3030 Bethany Lane. To schedule a donation online, visit https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results?zipSponsor=TROOP944 or go to www.redcrossblood.org and use sponsor code: TROOP944.

This blood donation day accepts not just blood donations, the common type of donation, but also power red donations, which collects the red cells but returns most of the plasma and platelets to the donor. Donors must meet specific eligibility requirements and have type A negative, B negative or O blood.