The Monticello National Honor Society will be hosting a blood drive in the Rehmstedt Gym on Monday, December 21, 2015, from 11:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.

Blood donations often decline during winter, due to holiday festivities, inclement weather and seasonal illnesses such as the flu. Patients don’t get a holiday from needing blood or platelets. The need for donors is constant.

Blood donors of all types, especially those with types AB, O negative, B negative and A negative, are needed to ensure blood is available whenever and wherever needed. Type AB donors have the universal plasma type,...