On July 10, 2001, Sgt. 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.  The 2012 drive is underway 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 

County Date  Location
Clay  June 7,  Clay Co Sheriff Dept / 611 E Jackson/ Brazil / 1:30-6:30pm
  
Parke  June 6,  Parke Co Courthouse / 116 W High / Rockville / 3:00-7pm
  
Putnam  June 15,  Greencastle Christian Church, 620 Plumrose Ln, Greencastle, 1-6pm
  
Sullivan June 15, Sullivan Co Sheriff Dept /24 S State St / Sullivan / 11-1pm
  
Vermillion July 10,  North Vermillion High School, 9a-1pm
    July 19,     South Vermillion 4p-8pm  

Vigo  June 14 Terre Haute Regional Hospital / 3901 S 7th / Terre Haute / 1-5pm
  August  14, Terre Haute Police Department / 1-5pm