Red Cross hosts local blood drive as COVID-19 pandemic stretches supply
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Siri Hedreen / The Outlook Kaja House sets up blood donor Roger Smith’s IV.

The American Red Cross hosted a blood drive at the Lake Martin Area United Way conference room Tuesday as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to stretch supply.

In October, Red Cross and other blood donation groups issued a joint statement sounding the alarm on the nation’s “critically low” blood supply due to cancelled school and office blood drives and the resumption of elective surgeries.

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Siri Hedreen / The Outlook Nursing student Kaitlyn Henderson waits to donate blood.