Dear Editor,
It is with a grateful heart that I want to thank the residents of Ortonville, Brandon and Groveland townships and nearby residents for their outstanding support of the blood drive at the Ortonville United Methodist Church on Nov. 28. We collected 43 pints of blood. We had 53 people try, and there were seven first-time givers, which is awesome during this cold and flu season. As a result of everyone’s effort, there are 129 patients in local hospitals in better health or alive because of their gift of life – blood.
Our next blood drive is already set for March 13, 2009. Please mark your calendars now so that you can make it a lucky day for someone in need – because only you can make blood.
Betty Wotring
Ortonville United Methodist Church