The Arnold Air Society is sponsoring a blood drive today in LaFortune Ballroom from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the name of Patty Collins, a Seattle girl suffering from a rare form of liver cancer.

Collins' parents, Bill and Kathy, graduated from Notre Dame and Saint Mary's respectively and are organizing blood drives nationwide to raise 1,000 pints of blood in the girl's name. She was diagnosed with the cancer in September, and has received several blood transfusions.

Thirty students gave a pint at an Arnold Air Society drive for Collins on Nov. 31, 1999. Organizers expect 50 students tomorrow. Nurses will come from the South Bend Medical Foundation Blood Bank to draw the blood.

Most people in good health who are more than 17 years old and weigh at least 110 pounds are eligible to donate.

Students who would like to do so but cannot come tomorrow can contact the South Bend Medical Foundation Blood Bank Monday through Saturday downtown at 234-1157 or in Mishawaka at 273-8879.

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