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Albany High student holds blood drive for scholarship

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An Albany High school student needs your help to collect blood and possibly earn a college scholarship.

Abigail Shephard is a rising senior and she is organizing a blood drive at Sears in the Albany Mall Friday.

If she gets more than 35 people to donate she will be entered in a contest to win a scholarship. She said this scholarship stood out to her because of the shortage of blood right now.

Shephard says, "There have been a couple of emergency blood drives and I just want to help the community and this is a continuation of that: blood is always needed in hospitals, in southwest Georgia, and all over the world."

If Shephard gets enough people to come out., she'll have a chance to win a $1000 scholarship.

You can sign up to donate at Toyota of Albany, or just show up at Sears this Friday during regular business hours.

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