photo of the week

Imagine if you will: you are leaving Target when you look up and see a beautiful double rainbow. It recently happened to shore area resident Barbara Zyla who snapped this great pic. Want to see your photos in this space? Email them to photos@jerseyshoreonline.com and you may win a prize!

Ocean County Blood Drives

OCEAN COUNTY – New Jersey Blood Services, a division of New York Blood Center would like to announce that it is conducting blood drives in your area which are open to the public. The following drives are scheduled next month:

March 3 - St. Andrew United Methodist Church, 1528 Church Road, Toms River; 1 to 7 p.m.

March 13 - Laurelton Fire Dept, Brick; 1 to 7 p.m.

March 30 - Forked River Presbyterian Church, 131 North Main Street, Forked River; 12:30 to 6:30 p.m.

March 31 - Woman’s Club of Point Pleasant, 513 St. Louis Avenue, Point

Pleasant Beach; 12:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Blood products have a short shelf life – from five to 42 days, so constant replenishment is necessary. Each day there are patients who depend on the transfusion of red blood cells, platelets and plasma to stay alive. But blood and blood products can’t be manufactured. They can only come from volunteer blood donors who take an hour to attend a blood drive or visit a donor center.

To donate blood or for information on how to organize a blood drive call 1-800-933-2566. Visit: nybloodcenter. org.