Give blood! Be a hero! Eat steak!

Florida Blood Services will hold a blood drive at St. Raphael parish on Sunday, May 20 from 9 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. All Lifesaving Blood Donors will receive a HERO inspired T-shirt and a coupon for $5 off with the purchase of two entrees at Outback Steakhouse.

PLUS, donate blood or platelets twice between May 1 and August 31 and receive a FREE STEAK DINNER courtesy of Outback Steakhouse, plus be entered to WIN Outback for a Year and a suite package from the Tampa Bay Rays!

Be a Hero to patients and their families and your Florida Blood Services will make a $5,000 donation to Operation Homefront, which provides assistance to our troops, their families and wounded warriors when they return home.

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Photo by Jane Winstead

The Florida Blood Services Bloodmobile was at St. Raphael on Sunday for the blood drive. All donors received a wellness checkup, including cholesterol screening. Donors' pint of blood will be used to help save lives of three or four people.