Evansville, Ind. — The community is invited to show their support for patients in need this winter by donating blood products during the New Year, New Life Blood Drive on Friday, January 2, 2026, at Eastland Mall. Your lifesaving gift can help ensure premature babies, cancer patients, those living with sickle cell disease and more have access to a safe and stable blood supply.
Twins Arthur and Tarrant McDaniel were born prematurely on January 23, 2020. The McDaniel twins spent more than 80 days in the neonatal intensive care unit, where they received lifesaving blood transfusions. Tarrant was also eventually transferred to Riley Children’s Hospital, where he underwent open heart surgery at three months old to repair a rare heart condition called Tetralogy of Fallot.
“I want to say thank you to the blood donors who saved my twins’ lives,” said mother Nicole McDaniel. “Arthur and Tarrant are such strong and caring little boys. You would never know now that they spent so much time in the hospital when they were born.”
Nicole McDaniel is available for media interviews on Monday, December 22, between 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. CT. Please contact Regional Communications Director Isis Chaverri at 317-914-5744 to coordinate an interview.
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The winter months can be especially difficult to collect enough blood to meet patient needs. Holiday travel, severe winter weather and seasonal illness could force donors to cancel or reschedule blood donation appointments, which could impact the blood supply.
New Year, New Life Blood Drive
Friday, January 2, 2026
9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Eastland Mall
800 N. Green River Road
Evansville, IN 47715
To schedule an appointment, visit redcrossblood.org and enter sponsor code donorama or call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767).
Those who come to give Dec. 19, 2025-Jan. 4, 2026, will receive an exclusive Red Cross long-sleeved T-shirt, while supplies last.
