Peabody To Hold 2 More Blood Drives Amid 'Urgent' Need This Summer

PEABODY, MA — Two more blood drives will be held at Boston Children's Hospital's Peabody location in July to help fill what is being called an "urgent need" for blood this summer.

The blood drives at 10 Centennial Drive will run on July 12 and July 19 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Those who would like to make an appointment can go here and enter the sponsor code BCHPEABODY.

Those looking for more information can call the Blood Donor hotline at 617-355-6677.

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)