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BLOOD DRIVES

May 28, 2007 - 9:00 pm

Scheduled blood drives (listing subject to change):

Tuesday: Cannery Casino, 2121 E. Craig Road, North Las Vegas, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Wednesday: Cox Communications, 121 S. Martin Luther King Blvd., 8 a.m.-noon; Quest Diagnostics, 4230 Burnham Ave., Suite 270, 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m.

Thursday: St. Rose Siena Hospital, 3001 St. Rose Parkway, Henderson, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.; Brinley Community School, 6150 Smoke Ranch Road, 4-8 p.m.; Internal Revenue Service, 110 City Parkway, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.; Shepherd Eye Clinic, 3575 Pecos-McLeod Interconnect, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; Overton Community, Old Logandale school, Moapa Valley Road, Logandale, 3:30-7:30 p.m.

Friday: Railroad Pass Hotel, 2800 S. Boulder Highway, Henderson, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; Clark County School District, 2832 E. Flamingo Road, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.; Sun City Aliante, 7394 Aliante Parkway, North Las Vegas, 8 a.m.-noon; The Upper Deck Co., 985 Trade Drive, North Las Vegas, 1-5 p.m.

Saturday: Albertsons, 2575 S. Maryland Parkway, 9 a.m.-noon; Calvary Chapel Spring Valley, 7175 Oquendo Road, 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m.; Home Depot, 4750 S. Decatur Blvd., 9 a.m.-1 p.m.; The Lakes Lutheran Church, 8200 W. Sahara Ave., 9 a.m.-noon; Whitney Library Conference Room, 5175 E. Tropicana Ave., 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m.

Sunday: First Christian Church, 101 S. Rancho Drive, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church, 781 E. Gamebird Road, Pahrump, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

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