 What makes for excellence in heart care? It starts with one of the most amazing teams of heart surgeons and cardiologists that I've seen assembled under one roof and the region's leading technology in a new $40 million facility. This is the nationally recognized Heart and Vascular Institute of Eastern Kentucky at Pikeville Medical Center. January is National Blood Donor Month, meaning Kentucky Blood Center is recognizing those who donate regularly and seeking new donors. They will also be offering a new hoodie designed to those who donate now through January 14th. Any of the available locations will be open for blood donations. National Blood Donor Month as you mentioned is in January and it's just an opportunity to celebrate the countless people who come and roll up their sleeves on a consistent basis to provide lifesaving blood for people in their communities. It's a chance for us to put a spotlight and to celebrate those folks. You know we always have fun and exciting promotional items we do to thank the donors so we're doing that throughout the year. I think January's incentive item through the 15th is one that our donors say is one of their favorites and that's our annual hoodie that we do. This year it's a charcoal, do-good, feel-good hoodie, really high quality, really great design. We've already had a lot of positive feedback on that. Any donations are appreciated as the need for blood is still much higher than it was a few years ago. Kentucky Blood Center is encouraging younger generations to step up and offer what they can. It's been a struggle since the pandemic which is hard to believe it's been almost three years. We just don't return out for a lot of different reasons, has never returned to pre-pandemic levels. So we've been limping along for the last three years. If you're a younger person never done before, my message to you is it's a really easy thing to do. It takes less than an hour from the time you walk in our door until the time you leave to donate and it doesn't cost you anything other than a little bit of your time. So if you're looking to give back to start the new year and to make a positive impact on your community, I can't think of a better thing to do than to donate blood because you're going to save up to three lives with how we split the products. Reporting for Mountain Top News, I'm Nick Colum.