Blood drive scheduled for 7-year-old Dungan

Published 11:54 pm Wednesday, July 25, 2007

VIDALIA — A blood drive will be hosted Thursday for a local boy who needs heart surgery.

The Concordia Parish Sheriff’s Office will host the replenishment blood drive from 3 to 7 p.m. at the Concordia Parish Community Center, 26358 Louisiana 15, in Ferriday.

The drive will benefit Vidalia resident 7-year-old Austin Dungan who will be having open-heart surgery Aug. 7 at the University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City.

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