Letter to the Editor - Join the missing types movement: Donate blood July 9 at Wallner Hall in Chinook

Editor,

The letters missing here, “MERIC N RED CR SS,” may not seem like a big deal. But the letters A, B and O make up our main blood groups. For a patient in the hospital needing blood, it’s everything.

Only 3 out of 100 people in the U.S. donate blood, yet every two seconds someone needs it. Fewer people are donating blood to help patients. You can change that by joining the Missing Types movement and fill in the missing blood types.

You can make that donation Tuesday, July 9, at Wallner Hall in Chinook from 12:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.

By donating blood you’ll help kids battling cancer, accident v...