Lowell District- 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 Lowell District is comprised of the following seven Indiana counties; Lake, Porter, LaPorte, Newton, Jasper, Starke and Pulaski.  Listed below are dates, times, and locations for the blood drives within the Lowell District.

County Date Time Location
LaPorte June 21, 2012 9:00 AM-2:00 PM LaPorte County Annex, 809 State St. LaPorte

Lake June 25, 2012 9:00 AM-3:00 PM  Lake County Government Center-Sheriff Department, 2293 N. Main, Crown Point

Lake June 26, 2012 9:00 AM-3:00 PM  Lake County Government Center-Sheriff Department, 2293 N. Main, Crown Point

Starke June 26, 2012 12:00 PM-6:00 PM  Knox Community Center, East Lake Street, Knox

Warren July 18, 2012 4:00 PM-8:00 PM Newton County Fairgrounds, 12100 S Punkin Vine Rd. Kentland