Bloodmobile collects 54 units in Flora

2008-08-13 / Local News

Comet staff report

Fifty-four units of blood were received from 63 volunteers when the Red Cross Bloodmobile visited Flora on last Thursday.

The Flora Old Order German Baptist Church with ten volunteers will receive $100 from the Flora Psi Iota Xi. The Flora United Methodist Church was runner-up with nine volunteers.

Those receiving gallon pins were: Marilyn O'Farrell, Delphi, 12, and Tina Isaacs, Delphi, seven.

First-time volunteers were: Levi Kinzie, Cutler, and Linda Blake, Davis, Calif.

Among those volunteering were:

FLORA: Jim Draper, Rob Baker, Deb Bush, Lonnie Spesard, Eldo Beam, Duane Overholser, Joyce Sparks, Lora Hanaway, Sarah Hanaway, Bill Kearns, Kevin Shafer, Henry Gingrich, Roxanna Metzger, Ray Winter, Suzanne Winter, Rosanna Riffey, Mary Hayes, Jack Hayes.

DELPHI: Donna Mikesell, David Weckerly, David Beale, Carolyn Wood, Carolyn Pearson, Angie Murray, Mary Clifford, Jerry Holsapple, Polly Rinehart, Dick Rinehart, Carole Miller, Ralph Hughes, Larry Welborn, Brenda Morris, Carol Flora, Kenneth Pyle, Jo White, Keltie Lake, James Cooksey, Gary Cleaver.

BRINGHURST: Richard Porter, Nancy Mayer, Paul Fife, Randy Peters, Harold Killingsworth, Rob Kauffman, Gale Kinzie, Don Peters.

CUTLER: Jim Allen, Charles Bordner, Kendra Kinzie.

CAMDEN: Lena Flory, Jerry Hendress.

DEER CREEK: Teresa Cooksey.

LUCERNE: Wayne Peters.

INDIANAPOLIS: Lora York.

Helpers were:

Lunches: Jane Bishop

Psi Iota Xi chairperson: Carla Richardson

Receptionists: Elizabeth Mylet, Helen Forgey, Marge Viney, Nancy Mayer.

Kitchen and canteen: Carla Richardson, Donita Kennedy, Keltie Lake.

Set-Up: Flora Utilities - Greg Barnes, Darrell Hoffman, Ted Donoho, Duane Overholser, Ron Fritz, Kevin Shafer, Jarred Filbrun, Ken Coddington.

Take Down: Flora Lions - Mike Hoffman, Dick Whiteman, Eric Johnson, Dave Albaugh, Joe Redmon, Paul Redmon, Bill Helvie.

Posters: Debbie Smith, Jane Bishop.

Publicity: Carroll County Comet, Flora CableVision, area newspapers and radio stations, county churches, banks and businesses.

Special thanks: Those who donated cookies and the Flora United Methodist Church for the use of the site.

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