Football season is fast approaching, and The Blood Center wants you to get in the game – the game of life, that is. The Blood Center’s “black and gold” fever will be apparent this Thursday through Sunday, Aug. 5 through 8, during “Blood-a-Thon,” the non-profit’s biggest mall blood drive of the year. All blood donors will receive a black “Again In 2010” T-shirt, a pair of black and gold flip flops and family blood coverage.

LaPlace Donor Center

123 Belle Terre Blvd.

985-652-9256

Thursday, Aug. 5, 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 8, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The Blood Center is a non-profit community service organization serving over 30 hospitals and outpatient facilities throughout Southeast Louisiana and Southern Mississippi. For more information, please call (800) 86-BLOOD or visit www.thebloodcenter.org.