Shot at $250 gas card to entice more blood donors

To attract more blood donors this summer, volunteers who give blood to the American Red Cross through Sept. 5 will receive an opportunity to win a $250 gas card in a weekly drawing.

Even after thousands of people responded to a national appeal for blood donations, blood supplies in Callaway County and Central Missouri are seriously low, a Red Cross spokesman said.

To help the tornado-stricken people of Dumas and surroundings, donations can be made to the Delta Area Disaster Relief Fund, care of the Delta Area Community Foundation, P.O. Box 894, Dumas, AR, 71639, or through the Arkansas Community Foundation, 700 S. Rock St., Little Rock, AR, 72202.