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Eureka Elks Lodge No. 652 will hold its fifth annual blood drive Wednesday, Sept. 4, from noon to 6 p.m. at the Elks Lodge, 445 Herrick Ave., Eureka, or from 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Northern California Community Blood Bank, 2524 Harrison Ave., Eureka.

Call Lynn McKenna to make an appointment for either blood drive at 707-443-9106. Expect to stay for one hour when donating. All blood donors will need to bring their photo ID. For more information, call 707-443-8004 or visit nccbb.org.

Two avid supporters of the Dyersburg – Dyer County Humane Society collected an overwhelming volume of donations for the Shelter totaling $1500.
Shea Childress and Ben Cross started the Shelter Drive as a way for friends, family, and fellow animal enthusiasts to lend a hand. The event was hosted in honor of Shea’s 25th birthday.
Shea and Ben have been instrumental volunteers in the growth of the Shelter, hosting numerous annual events, including Volunteer Day. Items collected included 265 heavy-duty trash bags, 550 13-gallon trash bags, 486 lbs. of dogfood, 20 lbs. of dog treats, 48 rolls of paper towels, 5,700 nitrile exam gloves, roughly 8 gallons of laundry detergent, 770 disinfectant wipes, and over 5 gallons of bleach. Special thanks were extended to all those who supported this…

LOS ANGELES – A local nonprofit is hosting an online back-to-school drive for kids facing homelessness.

Los Angeles Mission, the nonprofit working to break the cycle of homelessness and poverty, shared a link for families looking to help the unhoused students ahead of the upcoming 2024-2025 school year.

Below is the QR code to help the students. LA Mission also shared a 4-step instruction on how to help:

According to LA Mission, one in four families in Los Angeles struggle to afford basic school necessities.

For more information on LA Mission and the nonprofit organization’s work, click here.

Japanese tech giant Rakuten Symphony has announced the full-scale commercial launch of its own cloud storage service in Japan. While the free 10GB storage it offers is reasonable, the real game-changer here is its unlimited file transfer service.

Aimed at both individual and enterprise customers, Rakuten Drive allows users to send large files quickly and offers secure, intuitive file storage and sharing on the cloud. The service has integrated Microsoft 365 productivity apps, enabling real-time viewing and editing of documents, decks, and spreadsheets.

Google Drive is built to be web-centric but also provides useful mobile applications. It offers desktop backup tools for Windows and macOS platforms to quickly upload your files to the cloud. Although it may not have all the advanced features, it excels in speed and efficiency.

Google Drive has grown nicely from its shaky start to be a genuine competitor to the likes of Box and Dropbox as a cloud storage and file syncing solution. Looking at how advanced its web apps are currently, it’s hard to find a fault anywhere with the Google Drive package.