With blood donations expected to again decline between Thanksgiving and Christmas, the American Red Cross is encouraging St. Lawrence County donors to attend one of several upcoming clinics.

“A seasonal decline in donations often occurs from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Day when donors get busy with family gatherings and travel,” a statement from Red Cross says. “However, patients don’t get a holiday vacation from needing lifesaving transfusions. In fact, every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood.”

They say donors with all blood types are needed, and especially those with types O negative, B negative, A negative and AB.

All those who come to donate Nov. 25 to 29 will get a Red Cross mixing spoon and celebrity chef recipe set, while supplies last.

To make an appointment to donate blood, people can download the Red Cross Blood Donor App from app stores, visit redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-733-2767.

Schedule:

Nov. 17 - Potsdam Presbyterian Church, 42 Elm St., 12:30-5:30 p.m.

Nov. 18 - Lisbon Central School, 6866 County Rte. 10, 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; Massena, St. Lawrence Centre, 6100 State Rte. 37, 12:30-5:30 p.m.

Nov. 19 - Potsdam High School, 29 Leroy St., 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Nov. 24 - Madrid-Waddington High School, 2582 State Rte. 345, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.; Ogdensburg Knights of Columbus, 721 Hasbrouck St., 11:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

Nov. 25 - Ogdensburg, Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center, 214 King St., 11:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.