By | August 31, 2008 | 11:13 pm | Posted in: '08 D*C News, 2008

The blood drive continues to be a huge success! According to Doc Koslow, the director of the drive, as of 5PM Sunday, 1,000 people have participated and donated 750 units. The drive expects to collect a total of 1,000 units by the close of Dragon*Con. This will break the record held by Comic-Con of 856 units. Almost all of the blood will be sent to aid the victims of Hurricane Gustov. Our thoughts go out to the eight con participants who had to return home today for the evacuation. Monday is the last day that blood can be taken.

The hours on Monday are from 9AM to 4PM. Please donate to this worthy cause. M202 & L405 (M)

Read the current travel alert for Hurricane Gustov.


Amanda Litfin was born and raised in Dayton, Ohio, but has lived in the South since 1980. Teaching high school English by day, college English by night, editing, writing, and doing paranormal investigations doesn’t slow her down from playing and having a great time with a plethora of hobbies. She published a short story "Dream Trap" and poetry "The Touch of Love" in Horizons Anthology and her dissertation Student and Teacher Perceptions of Benefits of Study Skills. She has a Bachelor of Arts in English from University of North Carolina Charlotte, a Masters in Education-English from Troy State University, and a Doctorate in Education-Teacher Leadership from Walden University. She writes and edits under the pen name of Amanda Faith. She loves meeting people and making new friends. Currently living in Jackson, S.C. with her husband, three cats and one dog, this is her eight Dragon*Con and her fourth year on staff.