Blood drive more than exceeds goal
The goal for the Cottonwood Community Blood
drive on November 18, 2025,was 69 pints, but we were able to collect
95. We had 95 donors sign in, and out of those we collected 73 units of
whole blood, 11units of double red blood cells and 3 units of
plasma.“We couldn’t accomplish this time after time if it weren’t for
the support we receive from our loyal donors, and I appreciate their
patience while waiting to donate. The Vitalant crew were working very
hard to get everyone through as quickly as possible” commented Brenda
Kaschmitter, Blood drive chair. “I would like to also extend a huge thank you to our first time donors, Lynette Brinker, Gabe DeCaria, Jake Holthaus, Ashleigh Johnson, Dylan Klapprich, and Sydney Woolford hopefully this will now become a lifetime practice for them, Kaschmitter added! “And once again I must thank our great volunteers; without them this blood drive would not be possible; Judy Forsman, Joyce Lorentz, Mary Lorentz, Sally Rehder, Linda Arnzen, Lydia Deiss, Gloria Funke and last but certainly not least, Colleen Sonnen, who took time away from her busy retired life to be my second in command. “The volunteer duties include, checking in donors, and offering them water and juice. I would also like to thank Colleen for the delicious soup that she made for the Vitalant crew” said Brenda, we truly have some of the best volunteers around.” Brenda would also like thank the 24employees of St. Mary’s Health that took the time from their busy day to come in to support the blood drive by donating and would like to thank the hospital for sponsoring this blood drive as well as allowing the employees to come in and donate during their workday. The next blood drive will be held on January 20, 2026; if you would like to make an appointment to give that day please contact Brenda Kaschmitter at 962-2112 or you and self-schedule by going online at www.vitalant.org. |
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