BRAZIL, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — Monday afternoon the Clay County YMCA hosted a Red Cross blood drive.
Red Cross officials said that blood donations have been down this year as a whole saying that 62 percent of the U.S. population is eligible to donate blood but only 3 percent do. Clay County YMCA’s wellness coordinator Lee Ann Hammond said that hosting these drives are very important to them.
“We have a lot of people out there with odd blood types, so to be able to provide blood for them is very important,” said Hammond. “I know that each blood drive we have we collect between 30 and 35 units of blood which can save a large number of peoples’ lives.”
Hammond said that they host a drive like this at least 3 or 4 times a year. She said that it is an honor to host such impactful events.
“The Clay County YMCA does so many wonderful things for our community and being able to do a blood drive is just one more thing that we can add to help people in any way that we can,” said Hammond.
Those interested in donating blood can find a link of upcoming blood drives here.
