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Bloodmobile volunteers thanked

To the editor:
Did you know the American Red Cross collects 50 percent of the nationís blood supply? Collected blood is used by one patient every two seconds in the United States. Trinity Lutheran Church hosted the North Branch annual fall Bloodmobile on Sept. 16.
Greeters were Harold and Verna Hoppe and Pat Johnson. Servers were Patti Blagen and Joy Peno. Coordinator was Joy Peno.
The American Legion donated money to help pay for supplies. We had one first-time donor: Melissa Stramer, 2 gallon pins were awarded to Jeanette Benson and Richard McCargar, a 4 gallon pin was awarded to Mary Schauer and a 5 gallon pin to James H. Smith.
Thank you to each and every one who helped make this a success. The 80 donors were as follows: Mary Anderson, Neil Bauernfeind, Lori Blomquist, Douglas Bloom, Donald Cardinal, Renee Desteno, Susan Engstran, Gerald Fairbanks, Laura Geisen, Joanne M. Hall, Wallace Heidelberger, Gerald Hinz, Perry Hulst, Judith Asklund, Jeannette Benson, Scott Blomquist, Crystal Borowick, Gayle Carter, Christine Dupslaff, Dennis Erickson, Douglas Fischer, Carol Gustafson, Candyce Hals, Charles Heinzel, Harold Hoppe, Richard Illies, Ronald Barsness, Glen Bergin, Steven Blomquist, Barbara Burrington, Roger DeYoung, Michelle Egelkraut, Ronald Erickson, Leah Fredrickson, E. Allan Gustafson, Robert Heidelberger, Bruce Hesse, Verna Hoppe, Charles Johnson, Janet Kinney, Thomas Linder, Karen Lunde, Diane Minor, Sylvia Nordquist, Roger Olson, Coralea A. Pearson, Mary Roettjer, JoAnn Sauro, Mary Schauer, Margery Steininger, Lois Thiede, Julie Ward, JoAnn Lee, Mary Lofgren, Richard McCargar, Karen Mittlesteadt, Marie Noren, Scott Ostrom, Sr., Willis Peterson, Sr., Janis Rohde, Gary Schaefer, James Smith, Myrtle Stoffels, Robert Vacinek, Joseph Wittwer, Mary Lewis, Rodney Lofquist, Lori Meyer, Mary J. Nelson, Bambi Olseen, Michael Ott, Amy Reider, Jeanette San Nicolas, Daniel Schauer, Ruth Spychalla, Melissa Stramer, Gerald Van Reese.
You can donate blood every 56 days--up to 6 times a year. The next bloodmobile will be in North Branch on Jan. 19, 2004 at Living Branch Lutheran for the special ìOî drive and for all types on April 20, at Trinity Lutheran. Please mark your calendars.
Verna Hoppe
Red Cross Volunteer

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