City, American Red Cross host blood drive

Chris Torres
April 4, 2023
9:39 am

The city of Santa Clarita, in partnership with the American Red Cross, held a blood drive on Friday at Cedar Hall at The Centre for people ages 16 and older. Last year, the city hosted 11 blood drives, collecting more than 420 units of blood, which is enough blood to potentially save 1,260 lives, according to a news release.

Blood donor Jorge Poggetto sits up after nurse Marceliano Patulot bandages his arm during a Red Cross Blood Drive event at the Santa Clarita Activities Center in Santa Clarita, Calif., on Saturday, April 1, 2023. Chris Torres/The Signal

Nurse Marceliano Patulot gets ready to assist another blood donor during a Red Cross Blood Drive event at the Santa Clarita Activities Center in Santa Clarita, Calif., on Saturday, April 1, 2023. Chris Torres/The Signal

Blood donor Jorge Poggetto gets his blood drawn from nurse Marceliano Patulot during a Red Cross Blood Drive event at the Santa Clarita Activities Center in Santa Clarita, Calif., on Saturday, April 1, 2023. Chris Torres/The Signal

Blood donor Frances Nagoy gets her blood drawn from nurse Jingle Bustamante during a Red Cross Blood Drive event at the Santa Clarita Activities Center in Santa Clarita, Calif., on Saturday, April 1, 2023. Chris Torres/The Signal

Blood donor Frances Nagoy shows which arm she wants her blood drawn from to nurse Jingle Bustamante during a Red Cross Blood Drive event at the Santa Clarita Activities Center in Santa Clarita, Calif., on Saturday, April 1, 2023. Chris Torres/The Signal

Chris Torres

Chris Torres is a staff photographer and writer for the Signal. Before joining the Signal in November of 2021, he served as Editor-in-Chief of The Daily Sundial at Cal State Northridge in 2020 and Editor-in-Chief of The RoundUp News at Pierce College in 2019. He also graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Journalism with an emphasis in photojournalism and documentary photography. You can contact him at [email protected]. Twitter: @chris_t_torres Instagram:@chris.t.torres

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