I stopped over this afternoon to chat with the friendly folks at Lifeshare Community Blood Services.

They’re set up at the fair and are ready to take your blood.

They said they get about 65 to 70 units of blood a day and are hoping to have 500 by the end of the fair.

They’ve been seeing a lot of familiar faces lining up to give blood, they said. For a lot of people it’s a fair tradition.

Working the Lifeshare Community Blood Services this afternoon were Vicki Schweinberg of Vermilion, Mike Salisbury of Amherst, Rose Weigand of Vermilion, Jenn Copeland of Elyria, Vanessa Jungbluth of Sheffield and April Ballachino of Columbia Station. (Photo by Rona Proudfoot, The Chronicle-Telegram.)

Anyone who donates blood gets a T-shirt and is entered to win one of two $50 gas cards that are raffled off daily.

LifeCare is the onlly source of blood to all of Lorain County’s hospitals.