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Hitman talks to Ashley Ramirez From Coastal Bend Blood Center · Classic Hitz with Hitman

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  Speaker 1: Corpus Chritzy's Classic Kids Big ninety three nine. What's going on?
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  Speaker 2: It's hip Man with you and.
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  Speaker 1: I have the beautiful Ashley from the Coastal Band Blood Center,
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  Speaker 1: who's here right now?
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  Speaker 2: Hey, how are you hi? I'm good. I just ate
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  Speaker 2: so I'm great. I'm always in a great mood after
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  Speaker 2: I eat.
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  Speaker 3: Yes.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. During the summer, you've guys, got a lot of
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  Speaker 1: stuff going on. And the one thing I want to
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  Speaker 1: talk about, and I saw this on your Facebook page.
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  Speaker 2: Give to get Away.
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  Speaker 1: Tell me a little bit about that.
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  Speaker 3: So it's an opportunity for you to win a amazing
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  Speaker 3: getaway trip. So anybody who donates during June first through
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  Speaker 3: June twentieth will automatically be entered in for an opportunity
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  Speaker 3: to win one thousand dollars Southwest Airlines gift card plus
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  Speaker 3: a five hundred dollars Airbnb gift card. And then we
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  Speaker 3: have another opportunity a I guess like a second place
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  Speaker 3: winner that will win five hundred dollars AIRBINGB gift card.
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  Speaker 3: So I mean it's it's just a great opportunity for
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  Speaker 3: you to get away the summer, go on your little
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  Speaker 3: I don't know dream vacation wherever your heart desires, you know,
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  Speaker 3: whatever your heart desires, wherever your heart desires to take
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  Speaker 3: you this summer.
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  Speaker 2: But you know, or you don't even have to go
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  Speaker 2: this summer.
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  Speaker 3: You can go anytime you choose, but it's a perfect time, right,
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  Speaker 3: summer location. So yeah, anybody who donates during that time
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  Speaker 3: June first through June twentieth, and it just gets automatically
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  Speaker 3: interered in. And not only that, you know, not only
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  Speaker 3: are you interested in to win this amazing getaway, but
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  Speaker 3: you also get a free pint of Bluebelt ice cream
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  Speaker 3: every door Belt.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we have so many giveaways.
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  Speaker 3: Everybody who donates the month of June will automatically receive
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  Speaker 3: a voucher for a free pint of Bluebelt ice s
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  Speaker 3: cream of your choice.
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  Speaker 2: And there's so many. I feel like there's always.
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  Speaker 3: New flavors every year, right, yeah, so and they're always great.
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  Speaker 2: So yes, you get that. Plus you get a Rock
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  Speaker 2: and Roll T shirt.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, we have so many giveaways, so many, So yeah,
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  Speaker 3: our gift to get aways is I think this is
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  Speaker 3: our third year doing it, maybe second or thirty year,
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  Speaker 3: don't quote me, but it's been a hit, and you know,
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  Speaker 3: we obviously strategically place it during the summer months because
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  Speaker 3: we know it's to come, which we are already have
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  Speaker 3: found ourselves in that critical need blood TYPEO as many
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  Speaker 3: of you may or may not be aware, we are
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  Speaker 3: in that in that dire need of blood TYPEO. So
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  Speaker 3: you know, again this is just hopefully an opportunity for
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  Speaker 3: us to help us, you know, increase those those donations,
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  Speaker 3: especially during the trying summer months.
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  Speaker 1: Right, and like, like I recently saw that you guys
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  Speaker 1: were also at Corpus Christy Comicon. You guys were there, Yes,
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  Speaker 1: and you guys are usually all over the place. Another
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  Speaker 1: place that you're going to be starting June a through
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  Speaker 1: the fourteenth, is that HB.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, yeah, so that just started yesterday, right what I
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  Speaker 3: read Tuesday. Yes, it's been a blue earth this summer.
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  Speaker 3: So yes, we'll be there from many all the way
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  Speaker 3: to the next Sunday. So we're really excited about that.
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  Speaker 3: And you know, HIB is a huge partner for the
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  Speaker 3: Blood Center, one of our biggest partner, you know, so
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  Speaker 3: we're very grateful for this partnership, not only you know,
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  Speaker 3: for the amount of monetary donations that they give the
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  Speaker 3: Blood Center, but also for the opportunity to be able
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  Speaker 3: to partner with them at their different locations, park our
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  Speaker 3: Blood Mobiles there since it's high traffic all the time,
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  Speaker 3: right and you know, hopefully again help us during these
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  Speaker 3: summer months. So again, this is why we do always
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  Speaker 3: have our HB drives during summer and then also during
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  Speaker 3: December because holidays are really tough.
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  Speaker 2: For us as well. So shout out to Achib, thank you.
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  Speaker 1: And one more thing, Run for Blood. Now, tell me
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  Speaker 1: a little bit about Now. I know they always have
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  Speaker 1: all these like marathons and stuff like that, but what
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  Speaker 1: is this one's particularly about.
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  Speaker 3: Man, this has been so exciting to bring this back.
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  Speaker 3: I had been wanting to bring this back for a
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  Speaker 3: good while since I came on board of the Blood Center.
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  Speaker 2: It'll be nine years this July. Only next month, I'll
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  Speaker 2: be there niney almost double digits. That's crazy. I love it.
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  Speaker 2: It doesn't feel like that absolutely love It feels like
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  Speaker 2: I've been there longer. I don't know, but I know, right,
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  Speaker 2: You're like, you have to say that, No, I really do.
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  Speaker 2: I really love it. It's an amazing organization.
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  Speaker 3: They treat us very well, and it's just something so
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  Speaker 3: wonderful to be a part of, you know, which is
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  Speaker 3: just a little small part of saving lives here in
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  Speaker 3: our community.
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  Speaker 2: So I'm very grateful for that.
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  Speaker 3: But yes one for blood we had the last time
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  Speaker 3: that we held it with the Blood Center was in
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  Speaker 3: twenty fifteen. Wow, we brought it back last year. It
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  Speaker 3: had been ten years. It was a ten year mark
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  Speaker 3: right twenty twenty five. So it was a huge deal
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  Speaker 3: and it's stipe. It is a huge deal because it's
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  Speaker 3: so as our one and only fundraiser for the Blood Center.
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  Speaker 3: Believe it or not, we don't have a fundraiser, which
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  Speaker 3: is crazy, right, So this is something that is definitely needed,
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  Speaker 3: especially as a nonprofit and especially because we don't have
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  Speaker 3: a fundraiser. So we we you know, we thought, okay,
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  Speaker 3: we're going to bring it back. It's been ten years,
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  Speaker 3: and when it was brought in twenty twenty five, it
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  Speaker 3: was more of like an awareness type of thing. It
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  Speaker 3: wasn't really a fundraiser. Really wanted to bring it back
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  Speaker 3: as a fundraiser and we need that right again as
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  Speaker 3: a nonprofit. So we had the goal of three hundred
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  Speaker 3: and twenty five runners and we surpassed that. We had
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  Speaker 3: five hundred and one runners, so huge yes.
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  Speaker 2: We had a lot of.
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  Speaker 3: Community members there, you know, media, a lot of support,
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  Speaker 3: a lot of vendors of food trucks. It was a
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  Speaker 3: really great perfect weather. It was in October. It was
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  Speaker 3: just I couldn't have asked for a better day, a
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  Speaker 3: better event, a better turnout.
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  Speaker 2: So got willing.
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  Speaker 3: We're hoping to stur passed at with six hundred plus
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  Speaker 3: runners this year. It'll be held on ten ten, twenty
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  Speaker 3: six October.
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  Speaker 2: The tenth camp.
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  Speaker 3: You know, it's gonna be hard to forget that, right
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  Speaker 3: ten ten, same place, waters Edge Park and at seven
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  Speaker 3: thirty in the morning. We're still seeking sponsors, so if
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  Speaker 3: you're interested, please.
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  Speaker 2: Hit me up.
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  Speaker 3: You can reach me at a Ramirez at Coastalbnbloodcenter dot org,
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  Speaker 3: or you can call the Blood Center and ask for me,
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  Speaker 3: or you can search me on social media, whatever's easier.
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  Speaker 3: You can find me some way, somehow. I'm sure you
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  Speaker 3: can find me. But I'd love to speak with you
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  Speaker 3: regarding sponsorships. Even registration registration is open right now. Please
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  Speaker 3: running clubs, I'm calling it. All of y'all register now, please, yeah,
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  Speaker 3: because we want to make sure that we secure you
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  Speaker 3: on you know, as for T shirts and all the
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  Speaker 3: good things. So yeah, that's on that's our our spill
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  Speaker 3: on one for blood. Very excited, so this will be
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  Speaker 3: our second. You're bringing it back and again we're hoping
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  Speaker 3: to get at least six hundred this year and you
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  Speaker 3: just continue to increase it every year after and.
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  Speaker 1: All these events they could find all over your social
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  Speaker 1: media pages and also on the.
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  Speaker 3: Website right right, So our website is Coastal Benbloodcenter dot org.
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  Speaker 3: We're also on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn Coastal and Blood Center.
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  Speaker 1: And anybody if they if they can make it to
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  Speaker 1: any of these things, they can always go to the
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  Speaker 1: Coastal Bin Blood Center and make it donate and donate
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  Speaker 1: there right, Oh, one hundred percent.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, if you are not able to make it to
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  Speaker 3: any of our blood mobiles, because we're out in the
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  Speaker 3: community seven days a week, right again, being the sole
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  Speaker 3: provider blood supply, we cannot we can never stop. So
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  Speaker 3: we're out in the community seven days a week. Our
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  Speaker 3: hospital service is open twenty four to seven. Again, we
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  Speaker 3: service our community, you know, Coastal Main, eleven counties, twenty
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  Speaker 3: four medical facilities, soul provider blood supply, so there's no
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  Speaker 3: time to stop. But yes, you can you will probably
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  Speaker 3: see us at some.
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  Speaker 2: Point near you, right.
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  Speaker 3: Our blood mobiles are always again out seven days a week.
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  Speaker 3: But if you can't or we understand schedules, get you
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  Speaker 3: know very you can always just come to our center,
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  Speaker 3: Coastal Wind Blood Center. We're located at two zero nine
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  Speaker 3: North Padre Island Drive, and walkins are always welcome at
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  Speaker 3: our blood mobiles as well as at our center.
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  Speaker 1: Wow, Ashley, thanks a lot for coming in today. It's
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  Speaker 1: it's going to be a great summer.
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  Speaker 2: I get the feel I hope, yes, yes, let's manifest that. Yes.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, on the way, we got more classic gets coming
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  Speaker 1: up just a little bit on Big ninety three nine