The American Red Cross is calling for healthy donors to give blood and platelets. 

Blood supplies for patients in need tend to drop off towards the holiday season, a time when donations are a necessity. Being that it's flu season, the Red Cross asks that for the donor's sake, they give blood when they're healthy. Red Cross spokesman Joe Zydlo (ZID-low) says the CDC is predicting a serious spread of the flu this year.

Donors of all blood types are needed, the most useful blood type sought being Type O.