Boots beat Badges in blood drive challenge

Submitted by Steve Egger

The Boots & Badges Community Blood Drive Challenge

June 22 – 23 had a few more donors at the Mena location this year, with an approximate increase of 10-15 donors.

There were 61 donors for Thursday and 48 donors for Friday for a total of 109 blood or plasma donations.

As for the community’s votes, the boots almost doubled the badges 81-43.

There were also blood drives that week at Walmart in Mena and at Hatfield.

(Clockwise from top left - Firefighters David Relaford, Mike Cross, Brian Erickson, Keena Relaford, Polk County Sheriff Scott Sawyer)