Red Cross offers Peanuts T-shirts to blood donors

CLEVELAND — The American Red Cross is seeking immediate help with the donation of blood or platelets, especially with those with types O positive and B negative blood.The Red Cross is helping to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the "Peanuts" comic strip by offering a exclusive "Peanuts" mystery bags to those who donate between Sept. 29 and Sept. 21. Each bag will include one of four special T-shirt designs while supplies last.Golden tickets will be randomly included among the bags distributed throughout the country, which will be redeemable through an online form to receive all four T-shirts.Details are available online at www.RedCrossBlood.org/Peanuts.Appointments may be made online at www.RedCrossBlood.org, by downloading the Red Cross Blood Donor app or by calling 1-800-RED CROSS.Area blood donation opportunities are scheduled as follows: Arcadia — 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Arcadia Trinity Lutheran Church, 18974 Ohio Route 12; Bellevue — noon-5 p.m., Bloomdale — Aug. 30 — 8 a.m.-1 p.m., Elmwood High School, 7650 Jerry City Road; Bellevue VFW Post 1238, 6104 U.S. Route 20 East; noon-5:30 p.m., Sept. 4, Bellevue VFW Post 1238 U.S. 20 East; Carey — Sept. 8, noon-5:30 p.m., Carey Shrine cafeteria, 315 Clay St. Clyde — Aug. 26, noon-6 p.m., Clyde First United Methodist Church, 510 W. Maple St.; Fostoria — Sept. 2, noon-6 p.m., Hope Lutheran Church, 151 W. Center St.; Sept. 12, noon-5 p.m., Geary Family YMCA Annext, 125 W. North St.; Sycamore — Sept. 2, 12:30 p.m.-6 p.m., Sycamore Community Center, 3498 Ohio Route 103;Tiffin — Aug. 27, 2-7 p.m., Tiffin University, 155 Miami St.; Sept. 28, noon-6 p.m., Christ Church, 2586 W. Ohio Route 224; Sept. 4, 12:30-6 p.m., Tiffin Moose Lodge, 1146 N. Ohio Route 53; Sept. 8, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Heidelberg University, 44 Greenfield St., Campus Center; Upper Sandusky — Aug. 28, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Wyandot Memorial Hospital, 885 N. Sandusky Ave.; Sept. 11, 12:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m., John Stewart Methodist Church, 130 W. Johnson St.