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 T-shirts, dinner coupons and more for blood donors

    BANGOR — The Bangor Region Red Cross will be hosting several blood drives in August and is offering several incentives to give “the Gift of Life.”
    All presenting donors will receive a newly designed Boston Red Sox/American Red Cross t-shirt; a coupon for a free 24-pack of “Nice!” spring water; a coupon for up to 20 percent off from participating Walgreens; a $5 Lobster Bucks card from the Weathervane Seafood Restaurant, as well as a chance to win a lobster dinner for two; and a chance to win two Boston Red Sox tickets and to be honored at Fenway Park as the Blood Donor of the Game.

    Blood drives in the Penquis Region include:
• Monday, Aug. 5: Morton Avenue Community Center, Dover-Foxcroft, 1–6 p.m.;
• Monday, Aug. 12: Mayo Regional Hospital, Dover-Foxcroft, 12–5 p.m.; and
• Wednesday, Aug. 21: Unitarian Universalist Church, Dexter, 1–6 p.m.
    To make an appointment to donate blood, call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit www.redcrossblood.org.

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