The need for blood is constant. To fulfill that need, Mayo Clinic Health System and the American Red Cross will host blood drives in Albert Lea and Austin.

The blood drives will  be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 28 in classroom 3 on the third floor of the clinic south at Mayo Clinic Health System in Austin, and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 29 in the Foundation Board Room in the lower level of Mayo Clinic Health System in Albert Lea.