The American Red Cross and 95.5 KLOS are joining together to rock Southern California’s airwaves and help patients in need of blood transfusions with the 44th Annual 95.5 KLOS Blood Drive. The 95.5 KLOS community is invited to roll up a sleeve on Aug. 1 and 2 at 32 blood donation locations throughout Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura Counties.

As a thank-you, all presenting donors will receive a limited-edition, commemorative 44th Annual KLOS T-shirt and a voucher redeemable for a free chicken taco courtesy of Wahoo’s Fish Taco, while supplies last. Donors who come to give Aug. 1-28 will also get a $15 e-gift card to a merchant of choice.

Volunteer blood donors have helped make this annual summer event a great success since 1981. With the help of thousands of Southern California blood donors, the 95.5 KLOS Blood Drive has collected nearly 200,000 units of blood products over the last four decades to help hospital patients of all ages. Accident and burn victims, heart surgery and organ transplant patients, mothers experiencing difficulty during childbirth and those battling cancer are a few examples of hospital patients that depend on the generosity of blood donors to receive blood products.

Donation appointments can be made by downloading the free Blood Donor App, visiting redcrossblood.org or calling 1-800-RED CROSS.