Blood drives held across Central Florida in honor of Pulse victims
Donors receive free Pulse t-shirt, gift card
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ORLANDO, Fla. – OneBlood is hosting blood drives across Central Florida this weekend to honor and remember the 49 lives lost during the Pulse tragedy five years ago.
The Big Red Bus is stopping at several locations in Orange, Seminole, and Osceola counties.
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The mobile blood drive stopped by the Technical Health Academy in Orlando on Saturday.
Instructor Giselle Leon said this blood drive is special to her because Eric Ortiz, her close friend, was one of the victims who died during the shooting.
WASHINGTON, DC – House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today marking f
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years since the mass shooting at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida: I join in marking the five-year anniversary of the horrific mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando that killed forty-nine people. I will be thinking today of all the victims loved-ones and all those who still carry the scars of that day, both physical and psychological. Even though five years have now passed, that terrible day has not faded for these families and for the communities of which the victims were an integral part.
As the fifth year remembrance of the 49 lives lost June 12, 2021 at Pulse nightclub in Orlando approaches, the One Pulse Foundation recently announced the recipients of its 49 legacy scholarship.