PHOTO: Southern Beaufort County residents give blood on Hilton Head

Ashiya Sheppard, mobile unit technician with the Blood Alliance, applies pressure to the arm of Fred Hedemark in the Sea Pines Center parking lot Thursday on Hilton Head Island. Hedemark, a Sea Pines resident, has driven to Bluffton and Sun City Hilton Head to give blood and was glad to be donating closer to home. "It's really convenient; I hope they come here more," he said.