Donor coaches at police department/sheriff’s office

People can donate blood on behalf of emergency responders during the Battle of the Badges blood drive Thursday and Friday in Corinth, July 26-27.

The agency with the most blood donations made in its name will be declared the winner of the Battle of the Badges.

Donations can be made between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Thursday and Friday.

The Mississippi Blood Services donor coaches will be at the Corinth Police Department and Alcorn County Sheriff’s Department, 2837 South Harper Road, both days.

Donors will receive a T-shirt.

The Corinth Police Department won the Battle of the Badges last year, and the sheriff’s office won in 2016.

Mississippi Blood Services is giving away $1,000 weekly to a donor through Aug. 18.

Donors who are 16 and 17-years-old must have signed parental consent, and the form can be obtained at msblood.com.