A blood drive benefiting a local family whose child has cancer is being held from 1 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 6 in the parking lot of Big O Tires at 1106 Garnet Ave. in Pacific Beach. 
The blood drive will benefit Big O employee Dave Garmo’s family, whose  daughter, Julia, recently was diagnosed with cancer. It is the same type her older brother was diagnosed with nine years earlier and has been successfully treated for. 
Thanks to the generosity of blood donors, Julia’s brother Isaac has received life-sustaining blood transfusions, before undergoing a successful bone marrow transplant. 
Every day about 250 kids worldwide die from cancer — 91,250 a year. One in 330 children will be diagnosed with cancer by age 20. Less than 5 percent of the federal government’s total funding goes to children’s cancer research. Childhood cancer is the leading cause of death by disease in children under age 15. 
By donating today, you can help patients, like Isaac and Julia, whose lives depend on it. 
For more information, or to schedule an appointment to donate, visit  SanDiegoBloodBank.org or call 1-800-469-7322.