If you are a blood donor in the Atlanta area… or if you want to be, the GBR 4WD Club is hosting its 5th Annual Mud 4 Blood Drive on May 10th at Bass Pro Shops.  M4B has worked its way up to being one of LifeSouth‘s biggest one day drives of the year, and this year will be no exception.

The GBR hosts this event each year in conjunction with almost all of the 4WD clubs in the Atlanta area.  In addition to the blood drive, the event features a GIANT raffle.  Area restaurants donate food certificates and 4WD vendors donate all sorts of cool products.  In 2007, the raffle and donor goodie bags delivered $4000 in prizes and thank you’s.  This year’s event looks to eclipse that.  Pit Bull Tires is giving away a set of 37″ tires, 4WD Parts/Performance is giving away a winch.  Sonic Drive-Ins is giving away 90 hamburgers.  And that is just the tip of the iceberg.  Here is a fairly complete list.

There is also a silent auction of cool prizes and parts.  This year’s silent auction will be benefiting Rescue Tellico.   In previous years there has been ferocious bidding for some incredible cheesecakes…  Don’t miss those.

Of course, there are kid’s games and plenty to see.  New this year is a live band.  Serene will be playing throughout the day.

And then there is the truck show.  No polishing cloths.  Not a wax mitt in sight.  These are hardcore trail rigs.  Mud and chunks can come off.  Some look like a little league team took batting practice on them, others are incredibly stock looking, but with owners that seem oblivious to the damage they could do to their vehicles.

Of course there are sponsor and crowd favorite awards given out, but the ones everyone waits for are the “unique” awards.  They happen on the fly, and could be for things like “The Most Interesting Use of a Windshield Wiper Arm.”

So, come out to Bass Pro Shops at Discover Mills in Gwinnett County, On Sugarloaf Parkway at I-85.  The event will run from 9:00 to 5:00, and the truck show will be from 10:00 to 3:00.  For more information, feel free to visit Mud4Blood.org.

GarageHomesUSA is a sponsor, and I will be on-site all day long.  Any of the GBR folks will know where to find me.  They will be in blue GBR T-shirts for the event.  Stop by, say hello… give some blood.

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