Fairbury’s August 21 blood drive, which was held at the First United Methodist
Church, collected 67 units.
First-time donors were Merryn Krenz of Chenoa and Shana Koehl Hetherington of
Fairbury.
Others donating were Cary Dehm, Alice Gordon, James McKeon, Tom Kilgus, Kent
Edelman, Betty Dray, Stan Blunier, Jennifer DeSchepper, Kim Kovach, James Stein, Bethany Brucker, Mark Edelman, Montie Gerber, Adam Gray, James Kearney, Donald Harms, Beth Weeks, Joe Palen, Rebeca Rivera-Garcia, Joel Zimmerman, Jacob Leman, David Hammer, Leann Brown, Curtis Meiss, Mark Haab, Steve Bashford, Kris Ziller, Jason Leman, Levi Steidinger, Erin Bittner, Kent Steidinger, Brian Hansen, Robert Bradbury and Karl Edelman.
Also donating were Michael Kessinger, Theresa Thomas, Marcia Buchs, Kyle Buchanan, Rhonda Rudin, Joyce Gulliford, John Teubel, June Yoder, Lynn Short, Steve Hall, Karen Steidinger, Nancy Kahle, Dennis Knauer, Michael Blackwell, Sam Broquard, Michael Onsager, Jordan Moser, Mark Hall, John Kruger, Cheryl Palen, Eli Meister, Martha Fehr, Lynn Barnett, Sharon McCoy, Barbara Gregory, Shirley Knilands, Robert Mayo, MaryAnn Stork, Kathleen Lawless, Sherrill Schmidgall and Jeannea Shier.
Donors came from Piper City, Forrest, Gibson City, Chatsworth, Fairbury, Colfax, Chenoa, Lexington, Cropsey, Strawn and Sibley.
VFW Auxiliary Post #9789 of Fairbury furnished a Dave’s gift card to provide food for the donors and donated cookies. Those baking cookies were Lolita Dunahee, Judy Bennett, Cheryl Martin, Carol Drach and Mary Carter.
Volunteers working at the blood drive were MaryAnn Stork, Deb Moran, Kathy Fehr,
Linda Zick, Barb Taylor, Karen Munz, Beverly Forneris, Teresa Palen, Jeanie Searby, Judy Bennett. Kathy Cook, Karyl Kafer, Jayne Trowitch, Karen Harms, Lisa Kilgus, Katie Cavanagh, Josie Harms, Mark Hall and Lolita Dunahee.
Many thanks to the donors and to the volunteers who gave their time to help others.
Your next opportunity to donate blood will be Wednesday, September 25, from 11:30 AM to 5:30 PM at the First United Methodist Church in Fairbury. Make an appointment by calling Barb Taylor at 815-848-4121 or by visiting RedCrossBlood.org.
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