Southern, Indiana- 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.  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 Officer’s Blood Drive.  This month, the 2012 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:
- Red Cells
- Platelets
- Plasma 

The Sellersburg District is comprised of the following five Indiana counties:  Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Scott and Washington.  Listed below are dates, times, and locations for the blood drives within the Sellersburg District.

County Date Time Location
Clark June 11, 2012 3:00 PM-7:00 PM Calvary Christian Church, 605 Norman Drive, Sellersburg, IN.
Floyd June 18, 2012 11:00 AM- 5:00 PM Northside Christian Church, State Road 311, New Albany, IN.
Harrison July 3, 2012 2:00 PM- 7:00 PM Corydon Presbyterian Church, 568 W. Highway 62, Corydon, IN.
Scott June 22, 2012 1:00 PM- 6:00 PM Scott Memorial Hospital, 1451 N Gardner Street, Scottsburg, IN.
Washington July 13, 2012 1:00 PM- 7:00 PM First Christian Church, 305 East Walnut Street, Salem, IN.