The Community Blood Center is hoping you can help. They’re having a blood drive at the East Hills Mall Wednesday until 7pm.

Donor Recruitment Representative Betty Tinker says they were hit hard this summer, as the heat kept many of their regular donors away.

Tinker says accidents tend to increase when school starts, so they are desperate for blood donations.

She says they are looking for all blood types, but she is putting out a special call for donors of the universal blood type O-negative.

At the mall Wednesday, you can register to win prizes, including an overnight stay at the Ramada Inn with passes to the Monkey Cove water park, a pair of passes to the Omaha Zoo, and $50 gift certificates good at the East Hills Shopping Center.

If you can’t donate on Wednesday, feel free to drop by the Community Blood Center at 3122 Frederick Ave.