Dear Editor,

Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church (sponsoring organization) along with the host church, New Glarus Bible Church, wish to announce an outstanding turnout for the April 14th Good Friday Red Cross New Glarus Community Blood Drive. We thank the supporting community for their generous donations of time, goods, and most of all the gift of life through blood!

There were 93 presenting donors for a total of 100 units of blood collected, which could potentially be used to serve as many as 300 patients.

The following people are among those who presented to donate that day: Matthew Anfang, Rebecca Barr, Kari Barrett, Richard Bourie, Janice Brewer, William Carlson, Alexandria Carter, Roger Clark, Mary Davis, Mike Davis, Dorene Disch, Heather Dyberik, Lynn Erb, Mathew Funk, Dennis Funseth, Dan Gartzke, Jeanne Gempler, Elaine Gerber, Arlene Goecks, Carolyn Greene, Brad Halvensleben, John Hay, Betty Henning, Katie Ingwell, Alan Isely, Joe Jacobson, Larry Jelle, Dawn Johnson, Steve Johnson, Deborah Kahl, Devon Kammerud, Daniel Keller, John Kennelly, Bill Klassy, Ilene Klassy, Margaret Klassy, Paul Klassy, Daniel Klassy, E. Louise Kramer, Esta Kramer, Therese Krieger, Barbara Manthei, Gary Manthei, Steven Marty, Kerry McCoy, Lily McGowan, Joni McNeil, Cassie Mott, Andrew Nash, Tom Nelson, Corinne Ness, Jeff Ness, Christopher Newberry, Ben Noriega, Ester Noriega, Grace Notter, Jeremy Nyhus, David Owen, Bruce Pahl, Judy Renner, Mark Renner, Daniel Rivera, Keith Rockett, Peggy Roth, Terry Roth, James Salter, John Scheele, Megan Scheele, Matthew Schmitt, Monica Schober, Tess Seichter, Timothy Seichter, Lydia Sprecher, Petra Streiff, Laren Stuessy, Kristie Thompson, Diane Truttman, Ellen Wells, Electa Williams, Thersa Wittenwyler, Denise Wright, Georgianna Xistris-Songpanya, Duane Yaeger, Alexander Yeiser, and Steven Zuber.

We wish to thank the following people who brought in home baked items or/and generously staffed the volunteer positions during the drive: Donna Anderson, Sue Bonacker, Mardell Elmer, Dawn Johnson, Elaine Gerber, Kristin Funk, Alix Jacobson, Wendy Jacobson, Art Jennrich, Eloise Kuenzi, William Kuenzi, Tom Nelson, Grace Notter, Jane Olson, Louie Olson, Sue Pope, and Carol Thompson.

We also wish to thank the following businesses for their generous support and donations to help make this an amazingly successful Blood Drive: Glarner Stube, Ruef’s Meat, Hoesly’s Meats, New Glarus Dairy, Culver’s of New Glarus, Subway, and Roy’s Market.

We apologize if we omitted anyone or misspelled anyone’s name.

Thank you,

Steve Johnson,

Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church