Peabody To Host 'Urgent' Blood Drive Ahead of Fourth of July Weekend

PEABODY, MA — A blood drive will be held at Boston Children's Hospital's Peabody location on Tuesday to help fill what is being called an urgent need for blood ahead of the Fourth of July holiday weekend.

The blood drive at 10 Centennial Drive will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday.

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.)