Best Western Movie

The Finger Lakes Independence Center will host its Socialization Daze game day event 10 am to noon Thursday at 215 Fifth St.

Socialization Daze focuses on leisure activities, friends, interactive games and common interests.

The event will facilitate, promote and encourage people with disabilities to be more socially active and to:

» Meet and talk about shared experiences.

» Build and maintain new and previous friendships.

» Increase confidence about participating in already existing leisure activities the community has to offer.

For more information call Jeff Boles or Emily Papperman at 272-2433, e-mail flic@clarityconnect.com or visit www.fliconline.org.

Blood drive

The American Red Cross, Get Your GreenBack Tompkins and Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County will hold a blood drive from 9 am to 3 pm Feb. 17 at the Cooperative Extension office, 615 Willow Ave.

Blood donations have the potential to enable a premature baby to live, a burn victim to recover, a cancer patient to be treated, an accident victim to survive or a transplant candidate to receive a life-saving organ.

Walk-in blood donations are welcome, however, appointments are appreciated.

Healthy blood donors may give blood as often as every 56 days.

Donors should allow up to one hour for the blood donation process to be completed.

To register, call 272-2292.

For more information, visit www.redcrossblood.org/donating-blood/donation-faqs or

www.redcrossblood.org/donating-blood/eligibility-requirements.

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