Bloodmobile in county next week

            Area residents who are willing and able to donate blood are asked to come out and give next week when the Bay Medical Bloodmobile is in the county.

            A special request has been made that folks consider donating in the name of Wallace Hill, a longtime resident of Franklin County who lives in Apalachicola. Hill is battling leukemia and is in need of blood transfusions. The insurance company will only cover this to a certain point and therefore he needs blood donated in his name to help cover the cost.

            Married to Dot Porter, and brother to Helen Quackenbush, Hill and his wife are both retired from the Franklin County School District, where he was a vocational education teacher. He has been an active member of the American Legion in Apalachicola.

            The Bay Medical Blood Mobile will be in Apalachicola on Monday, June 29 at the Natural Medicine Shoppe from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Donors will receive a free "Blood Donor Beach Bum" beach towel and in addition, will have a choice of a Subway cookie or drawing a card from the fishbowl for various "gifts" from local businesses.

            On Wednesday, July 1 from 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. the bloodmobile will be at the Carrabelle branch of the Franklin County Library, where all donors also will receive a free beach towel.

            For more info, call Aimee Palmer, area blood drive coordinator at Bay Medical, at (850) 747-6570.