On July 10, 2001, Sergeant Dan R. Starnes of the Morgan County, IN Sheriff’s Department lost his life as a result of gunshot wounds sustained during a line of duty gun battle with a burglary suspect four weeks earlier.  To keep his memory alive his surviving spouse, Janice organized the Sgt. Dan R. Starnes Memorial Blood Drive in Morgan County later that year and has organized a blood drive each year since in Dan’s memory.
In 2007, she decided to take the blood drive statewide and renamed it the Indiana Fallen Officers Blood Drive.  This month the 2012 drive begins with donation sites located in nearly every county statewide.

Indiana Blood Facts:
- 1,000 units of blood are needed daily in Indiana
- Each unit of blood donated helps in three different ways:
- Red Cells
- Platelets
- Plasma 

The Bloomington District is comprised of the following 5 southern Indiana counties: Morgan, Monroe, Owen, Brown, Lawrence and Greene.  Listed below are dates, times, and locations for the blood drives within the Bloomington District.

Monroe  June 12, 2012 IU Police Department, 1469 E 17th St., Bloomington, 3:30-7:30pm
Morgan   June 12, 2012 St Martins Catholic Church, 1720 E Harrison, Martinsville, 1:30-6:30pm
Lawrence June 13, 2023 Bedford Fire Dept /Training Room / Bedford/ 2-6pm
Morgan   June 15, 2012 Mooresvile Public Library, 220 W Harrison, Mooresville, 12-5pm
Monroe  June 19, 2012 Bloomington City Hall,301 N College,Council Chambers,Bloomington, 9-2pm
Morgan   August 9, 2012 St Martins Catholic Church, 1720 E Harrison, Martinsville, 1:30-6:30pm