GIRARD, Kan. — Deb Brinegar, a community volunteer leader for the Red Cross, appeared before the Crawford County Commission on behalf of Shannon Wedge, executive director for the American Red Cross of South Central and Southeast Kansas, on Tuesday. Travelling from Wichita, Brinegar said she was in Crawford County to ask for more Red Cross volunteers to work in the area. Brinegar said that between July 1, 2021 and June 30, 2022, the Red Cross hosted nearly 4,000 blood drives in Kansas, collecting over 91,000 units of blood, platelets and plasma, and delivering it to patients at 103 hospitals and cancer centers.