Donate blood and you could win rodeo tickets

ST. GEORGE – Until Oct. 31, the American Red Cross Blood Service Region will conduct a promotion called the Wrangler National Rodeo Finals Promotion.  All presenting donors will be eligible to win a trip to the Wrangler National Rodeo Finals in Las Vegas.  The purpose of this activity is to encourage rodeo fans in Utah to schedule and keep appointments to donate blood.

To enter this promotion and become eligible for the prize, donors must present to donate blood or platelets at any American Red Cross blood donation center or selected blood drive in Utah before Oct. 31, and fill out an entry form online at redcrossblood.org/rodeo.

The Grand Prize will include: Two tickets to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo including hotel accommodations for two nights at the Las Vegas Marriott and a gift certificate for $500 which is intended to be used for travel costs for the winner and guest from a departure point of their choice to Las Vegas.

Making an appointment is easy, all you need to do is make your appointment online at redcrossblood.org/rodeo. The Red Cross can reserve your appointment at the time and place most convenient for you.

About the American Red Cross:

The American Red Cross shelters, feeds and provides emotional support to victims of disasters; supplies more than 40 percent of the nation’s blood; teaches skills that save lives; provides international humanitarian aid; and supports military members and their families. The Red Cross is a not-for-profit organization that depends on volunteers and the generosity of the American public to perform its mission. For more information, please visit redcrossblood.org.

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2 Comments

  • Danny Haszard September 13, 2012 at 8:21 am

    Thanks for posting this news,someone needs blood every 2 seconds,give the gift of life!
    I was a non-donating Jehovah’s Witness for 33 years and now a regular Red Cross blood donor with my ‘blood buddy’ girlfriend.
    Jehovah’s Witnesses blood transfusion confusion
    Jehovah’s Witnesses take blood products now in 2012.

    They take all fractions of blood.This includes hemoglobin, albumin, clotting factors, cryosupernatant and cryo-poor too, and many, many, others.
    If one adds up all the blood fractions the JWs takes, it equals a whole unit of blood. Any, many of these fractions are made from thousands upon thousands of units of donated blood.
    Jehovah’s Witnesses now accept every fraction of blood except the membrane of the red blood cell.

    Danny Haszard

  • Murat September 13, 2012 at 9:29 am

    People would do better to invest in companies developing artificial blood and various bio-technologies than to help perpetuate this wasteful and inept organization.

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