The situation is dire, and the time to give is now. Come to give blood in August and we’ll say thanks with a $20 Amazon Gift Card^ by email.
The situation is dire, and the time to give is now. Come to give blood in August and we’ll say thanks with a $20 Amazon Gift Card^ by email.
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By Janet Flanagan It was a warm spring afternoon when the day took a different turn for longtime American Red Cross volunteers Vern and Linda Brice, who live on a farm in Lawton, Iowa, just 13 miles from Sioux City. After years of helping others affected by disaster, Linda and Vern Brice found themselves among those impacted by a disaster. “Our son came by and borrowed our pickup, and at about 4 p.m. I looked out the window and saw smoke,” Linda said. “We got in the car and investigated. We...
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Peterson-DeLuca When Peachis Amadou thinks about the day her daughter was born, overwhelming gratitude comes to mind—gratitude for the strangers whose blood donations gave both of them a second chance at life. The Grand Island mother and outreach coordinator for a local nonprofit was 26 weeks pregnant in April when she experienced a medical emergency. In severe pain, she went to the closest hospital, where doctors quickly realized she needed to be airlifted to Omaha. Peachis Amadou...
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