LINCOLN, Neb. — Husker Nation is being asked to roll up its sleeves in a statewide push to help Nebraska overtake Wisconsin in the Abbott-Big Ten Conference We Give Blood competition before the Dec. 5 deadline.
On Monday at the Wick Alumni Center in Lincoln, Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird officially declared that Tuesday the 20th will be “We Give Blood Day” to kick off the effort. The competition offers a $1 million grand prize grant from Abbott to the winning school.
Nebraska is currently behind Wisconsin by roughly 2,700 donations, with Wisconsin at 12,820 and Nebraska at 10,142. Organizers said Nebraska has momentum, logging a 50% increase compared to this point last year. To catch Wisconsin before the deadline, supporters statewide and nationwide would need to average more than 300 donations per day…