A blood drive honoring Gladys Artz will be held Thursday, March 20, at the Ascension Lutheran Church in Brookings from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The Sioux Fall Regional blood bank mobile will be parked outside the church, at 2030 Third Street.

Twenty-minute appointments can be made by calling 692-5560 or stopping by the church lobby.

Artz, who died of cancer several years ago, requested that her friends and relatives donate blood in her honor.