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T-R PHOTO BY TREVOR BABCOCK MCC sophomore in biology Jacob Thomas will host a blood drive on Friday as part of an honors project.
A student at Marshalltown Community College student is hosting a blood drive during a time of need.
For his honors project on the genetics of blood types, MCC sophomore and biology major Jacob Thomas is putting on a blood drive in coordination with LifeServe Blood Center and the Pair a Docs Club at the MCC campus in the Babe Harder Gym from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m on Friday.
“I went through genetics at the beginning of the semester, and just knowing how genetics work through blood types and how it’s passed from generation to generation, I have found that interesting,” Thomas said.