Warden student Shelby Cole donates blood during a blood drive at Warden High School. Blood donations are critical to ensuring a steady supply.
October 2, 2024
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October 3, 2024 3 a.m.
Blood donations always needed
MOSES LAKE — Accident victims. Cancer patients. Surgery patients. They all need blood during treatment – and sometimes the supply of it gets low. Really low. Kristin Conner, communications manager for Vitalant, a nonprofit organization that sponsors blood drives in Grant and Adams counties, estimated about 3% of the eligible U.S. population donates blood each year.