The American Red Cross Blood Services, Alabama and Central Gulf Coast Region, which supplies blood to approximately 100 hospitals, needs 600 blood donors each day to meet the needs of patients in the region.  Please call 1-800-RED-CROSS or visit www.redcrossblood.org to make an appointment to donate blood or platelets.

A blood drive is being held in Andalusia today, May 16th, at Covington Electric , from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m.

To give blood, you must weigh at least 110 pounds; you must be at least 17 years old (16 with parental consent), and you must be in general good health.

CITY OF ANDALUSIA

REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING

May 7, 2013 – 6:00 PM

A G E N D A

1.                  CALL TO ORDER – Mayor Johnson.

2.         PRAYER & PLEDGE – Mayor Johnson.

3.         WELCOME & RECOGNITION OF GUESTS –

4.         CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES –Regular Meeting April 16, 2013.

Lieutenant Governor Kay Ivey will launch the “Ending Child Hunger in Alabama” campaign at Wares Ferry Road Elementary School in Montgomery, Monday, April 29, 2013, at 10:00 a.m.. “Ending Child Hunger in Alabama” is the first initiative of the newly established Hunger Solutions Institute at Auburn University. Lieutenant Governor Ivey serves as the campaign spokesperson.

With nearly one-third of Alabama’s children living in families that experience food hardships, the goal of the campaign is to move Alabama into the top 25% of states with the highest degree of child food security by 2020.