Red Cross Urging Blood Donations Following Deadly Tornado Last Week

(MISSOURINET) – Blood donations were NOT an immediate need following last week’s tornado that killed 5 people and injured several more in southeast Missouri’s Bollinger (BOWL-linger) County. But the storm and other such disasters usually mean pints of already-donated blood will need to be replenished. Joe Zydlo (ZIDD-low) is with the American Red Cross of Missouri and Arkansas:

For those who want to donate blood or platelets, visit Red-Cross-Dot-org.