How your blood donation saves lives [Video]

SAFE TRAVELS EVERYONE. IT IS 615. THIS MORNING MANY PEOPLE ARE STILL FEELING THE IMPACTS FROM HURRICANE HELENE THAT DEVASTATED WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. MORE THAN SEVEN WEEKS AGO THAT STORM NOT ONLY WASHED AWAY HOMES AND BELONGINGS, BUT IT ALSO TOOK A TOLL ON OUR NATION’S BLOOD SUPPLY. WE ARE TEAMING UP WITH THE AMERICAN RED CROSS TODAY TO HELP WITH THIS URGENT NEED. IN OUR JACKIE PASCALE IS LIVE AT SHERWOOD FOREST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, THE SITE OF OUR COMMUNITY BLOOD DRIVE. GOOD MORNING JACKIE. WHAT IMPACT CAN PEOPLE’S DONATIONS MAKE TODAY? WELL, ADRIANA. AUDREY, WE KNOW THE AMERICAN RED CROSS ACCOUNTS FOR 40% OR MORE OF THE NATION’S BLOOD SUPPLY. SO A SHORTAGE, EVEN IN ONE AREA LIKE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, CAN HAVE A BIG IMPACT. AND THE RED CROSS SAYS HELENE DID JUST THAT. SO, LIKE REBUILDING AND RECOVERY, THERE WILL TAKE MONTHS. WE KNOW THAT IT …