“For us it’s critical to find enough donors to bring in enough blood to hospitals for accidents, cancer treatments, you know the need for blood is constant so we need more people to donate,” explained Mario Bruno, CEO of the Connecticut and Rhode Island Region of the American Red Cross. “And also you know we are utilizing the plasma from those who have recovered from COVID to treat other patients who need it so we could use as many donations as we can get.”
Wednesday, Bruno brought along a very special, first time donor.
“Yesterday I donated blood at the Yard Goats stadium and I brought my daughter Isabella who just turned 17 and 17 is the minimum age to donate blood in Connecticut,” Bruno said. “So she came along and she was great, her first time donating blood she was very proud of herself and really happy to join the files of people saving lives in the community.”
Connecticut s Year in Pictures 2020: The COVID-19 pandemic, presidential election, and Black Lives Matter protests make history
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Then and now: How Connecticut looked different in 2020
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The 2020 Amistad Award honorees were Barbara Vereen, Rob Baril, Jan Hochadel, and Wildadiz Bermudez.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. From the moment the dramatic African drumming and slide show of the marches, rallies, car caravans, strikes, and election campaigns began, it was certain this would be an extraordinary and uplifting
People’s World Amistad Awards program.
The famed BODOMA Garifuna Culture Band kept the spirit elevated all evening long with musical performances.
Transformed from a large in-person statewide annual event into a virtual concert and awards, the program, “United for the World We Want Celebrating Resilience, Solidarity, and Vision,” was held “in tribute to essential workers and all workers regardless of immigration status during the pandemic, the rise of the movement for Black lives, and the voter upsurge for democratic rights.”