Seventh Annual Indiana Fallen Officers Blood Drive
On July 10, 2001, Sergeant Dan R. Starnes of the Morgan County, IN Sheriff’s Department lost his life as a result of gunshot wounds sustained during a line of duty gun battle with a burglary suspect four weeks earlier. To keep his memory alive his surviving spouse, Janice organized the Sgt. Dan R. Starnes Memorial Blood Drive in Morgan County later that year and has organized a blood drive each year since in Dan’s memory. In 2007, she decided to take the blood drive statewide and renamed it the Indiana Fallen Officers Blood Drive. This month the 2013 drive begins with donation sites located in nearly every county statewide.
Indiana Blood Facts:
• 1,000 units of blood are needed daily in Indiana
• Each unit of blood donated helps in three different ways:
o Red Cells
o Platelets
o Plasma
The Indianapolis District is comprised of the following seven Indiana counties; Marion, Johnson, Hamilton, Hancock, Shelby, Hendricks, Boone. Listed below are dates, times, and locations for the blood drives within the Indianapolis District.
County Date Time Location
Boone, June 25, 2013- Lebanon Square, Lebanon 2-7 pm
Hancock, June 14, 2013- Fortville Library, 625 E. Broadway, Fortville 3:30-5:30 pm
Hancock, June 29, 2013- Hancock Co. Library, 900 W. McKinsey, Greenfield 10 am- 3 pm
Hancock, August 15, 2013- Greenfield Police Department, Greenfield 1-6 pm
Hamilton, June 11, 2013- Westfield Police Department, Westfield 9:30 am- 2:30 pm
Hendricks, June 12, 2013- Danville Police Department, 49 N. Main, Danville 10 am- 2:30 pm
Johnson, June 27, 2013- Johnson Co. Courthouse, 86 W. Court, Franklin 12:30- 3:30 pm
Marion, May 18, 2013- Beech Grove Moose, Emerson, Indianapolis 8- 11 am
Marion, June 14, 2013- Cumberland Police Department, 11501 E. Washington, Indpls. 10 am- 5 pm
Marion, June27, 2013- City/ County Employees, 222 E. Market. (Bloodmobile) 10 am- 3 pm
Shelby, July 2, 2013- Shelby Co. Fairgrounds, Frank St., Shelbyville 3- 8 pm
