BLOOD DRIVE OFFERS A PRIZE.Byline: Patricia Farrell Aidem Staff Writer CANYON COUNTRY - Filling up the tank costs an arm and a leg these days, but at a Shell station Friday, customers were asked to pay in blood. Those who donated a pint pint: see English units of measurement. of blood to a mobile lab parked at Via Princessa and Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling earned a $10 gas card. That $10 a pint took the edge off the $3 a gallon. ``This kind of gives them that extra little push,'' said Sandy Hibarger, manning Providence Health Systems' mobile blood donor center. The blood was being donated in the name of Hurricane Katrina  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. victims, although it will be used locally at Providence Holy Cross and
Providence St. Joseph's Medical centers in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando ValleyValley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. . Providence emergency room nurses are doing their part, working with evacuees Resident or transient persons who have been ordered or authorized to move by competent authorities, and whose movement and accommodation are planned, organized and controlled by such authorities. in Houston. It's kind of a trade-off, a circle of giving, Hibarger said. Kelly Khoury, who owns this Shell station and 22 others in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, , has been holding such blood-for-gas drives all summer, but the Gulf Coast disaster prompted an extra stop in Canyon Country. ``I want to give something back to the community, and with the hurricane, it's made people want to give more,'' he said. Khoury will take his blood drive to the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley today, where gas cards will be handed out from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Shell station at Challenger Way and Avenue K. Doris Gonzalez, a 19-year-old medical technician who lives in the neighborhood, said she gives blood regularly, but the free gas would be nice. She had just spent $40 filling her Toyota Scion sci·on n. 1. A descendant or heir. 2. also ci·on A detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting. when she stopped to give blood. ``Ten dollars worth of gas will get me a long way in that car,'' she said. Jose Moran, 36, of Canyon Country said he spotted the blood donor sign after filling his tank, but rolled up his sleeve anyway. ``I did it because of the hurricane,'' he said. ``I thought this was the right thing to do.'' Patricia Farrell Aidem, (661) 257-5251 pat.aidem(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Canyon High cheerleader Shannon Doherty signs up to donate blood Friday at a Shell station in Canyon Country. (2) Maria Barberena of North Hollywood trades blood for a $10 gas card at the Shell station on Friday. (3) The blood drive was held to benefit Katrina victims. David Crane/Staff Photographer |
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