Delight at big surge in donors Scores of you have become life-savers! That's the great news from the organisers of last week's Blood Donor Appeal.

Scores of you have become life-savers! That's the great news fromthe organisers of last week's Blood Donor Appeal.

Thanks to Evening Express readers, the campaign to give a vitalboost to stocks has gone blasting through its original target.

Members of the Scottish Blood Transfusion Service had a goal ofattracting 780 donors from all over the North-east during the week.

In fact, a massive 899 people gave those life-saving pints ofblood.

That's a thumping 119 more than in a normal week.

The delighted manager of the Aberdeen service Lynne Wildigg said:"The result was better than we could have possibly hoped.

"Last year's appeal left us 6% up on stocks. This year's one hasleft us 20.8% up.

"That's fantastic news for the service at a time when we wererunning really low.

"And from what the people who came along to donor sessions lastweek were telling us, the stories in the Evening Express on the run-up to and during appeal week were largely responsible for gettingpeople to donate.

"I'd ask people to keep donating during the summer.

"And we're still appealing to those with 'O' negative type - theblood which can be given to anyone.

"We still need more donations to get our stocks up to a full six-day supply."

msimpson@ajl.co.uk