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wednesday
december 28
They want to suck your blood Hey! How 'bout those holiday traffic death tolls? Sure, Mothers Against Drunk Driving and dozens of clever public service announcements have educated the public to the point that not every yahoo with a Buick gets ripped and hits the highway. However, there are still a lot of mangled people oozing in emergency rooms all over the state and they need blood. So do citizens who haven't been in car wrecks. The Blood Center must collect 550 units of blood every single day to meet the needs of the Gulf Coast region, a 17-county area.

The Holiday Heroes Blood Drive is looking for people over 17 who weigh more than 110 pounds and are healthy and have never had an internal cancer. Donors donate a pint or so -- easily spared -- and in return get cookies and juice, a T-shirt and that feeling the Grinch got when his heart grew and he did right by the Whos. Today the vampires are at Greenspoint Mall, Sharpstown Mall and Willowbrook Mall from 10 a.m.-9 p.m. For more information, call 790-1200.