BLOOD DONORS IN ATLANTA WANT THEIR NUTTER BUTTERS.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. It was a tradition: You gave blood, you got Nutter Butters. Then the peanut-shaped sandwich cookie disappeared, crumbling the hopes of American Red Cross American Red Cross: see Red Cross. blood donors across Atlanta. They protested - and won. "I'd give more if they had Nutter Butters," said Paul Blanchard, a Georgia Power Georgia Power is an electricity corporation based in Georgia. It is the largest of the four electric utilities that is operated by Southern Company. Georgia Power is an investor-owned, tax-paying public utility that serves more than two million customers in all but four of Co. employee who munched a chocolate chip Chocolate chips are small chunks of chocolate. They are often sold in a round, flat-bottomed teardrop shape (similar to a Hershey's Kiss). They are available in numerous sizes, from large to miniature, but are usually around 1 cm in diameter. cookie Wednesday after giving blood. "They had Nutter Butters so long, you just expect it." The cookies, a staple since the 1970s for Red Cross donors needing a quick blood-sugar fix, were pulled about 1 years ago when the local organization ran short on funds. Substitute cookies were provided, but it just wasn't the same. And, although donations have declined nationally, officials were alarmed by a 20,000-pint drop in Atlanta the year after Nutter Butters were taken away. The Wall Street Journal pulled the lid off the cookie jar 1. (programming) cookie jar - An area of memory set aside for storing cookies. Most commonly heard in the Atari ST community; many useful ST programs record their presence by storing a distinctive magic number in the jar. Wednesday with a front-page story on the Nutter Butters issue. By the end of the day, Nabisco offered to provide the cookies for free. The first shipment will go out today, company spokeswoman Ann Smith said. There will be much rejoicing among donors. Red Cross worker Mark Simmons Mark Simmons is a football player who played collegiately at Kansas. He went undrafted in the 2006 NFL draft, but was signed later as a free agent by the Chargers before being released. He was a record-breaking wide receiver at the University of Kansas from 2002-05. said people have complained at every single one of the 25-or-so blood drives he's organized monthly.' Word of the cookie dissatisfaction had even spread to a rival blood bank, which put up a sign saying "Donate Blood Atlanta. We Have Nutter Butters."' CAPTION(S): PHOTO Blood donor Donna Luce eats a cookie Wednesday in Atlanta. Associated Press |
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