Crookston Lions blood drive brings in 87 volunteers
Times Report
Crookston Times
The Crookston community hosted a two-day blood drive with Vitalant on April 12 and 13 at Trinity Lutheran Church which helped collect a total of 89 units of blood products for patients in need.
A total of 87 individuals volunteered to donate blood and 77 individuals were able to donate at the Vitalant blood drive on April 12 and 13.
A total of 11 donors also came forward to donate Power Red Cells (2RBC) which collects two units of red blood cells while returning platelets, plasma and a saline solution back to the donor.
Vitalant expressed their gratitude to Jeannine Windels, who coordinated the drive, as well as others who assisted the day of the drive: Linda May, Roger Grunman, Joanne Swanson, Fred Parnow, and Duane Anderson.