Blood Drive to Replenish East Texas Blood Supply

ATHENS — Athens Masonic Lodge #165 is hosting Carter BloodCare for a blood drive at Brookshire’s on Saturday. The Blood Drive Chairman, Daniel Hunt told KTBB on Friday, we normally try to do 2 Blood Drives a year, but Carter BloodCare, contacted us and told us they were critical on blood and asked us if we would do another blood drive this year.” The drive set for 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. in the store’s parking lot on E. Tyler St. in Athens.

Carter BloodCare will be giving a box of Girl Scout Cookies to anyone who attempts to give blood. The Masons will be providing hotdogs and “fixins” for all who come and try to give blood. Anyone else can purchase a hotdog for $2, or a hotdog, chips and a drink for $5. Hunt continued, “Blood supplies have been depleted by a number of emergency events over the last several months so replenishing these supplies is very important for East Texas.”