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“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.”