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Blood banks seeking more donors
More accidents around holidays create greater need for donations
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Maggie Hollis prepares to take a donation from Lamar Pepper at the Gainesville American Red Cross donation center. - photo by Tom Reed
While the month of January ushers in the start of a new year, it also marks a time when blood banks are most desperate for donations. And according to Michael Becker, district community development coordinator for LifeSouth Community Blood Centers, January is nationally recognized Blood Donor Month and the ideal time for people to resolve to donate blood and platelets. “Every two seconds in the U.S., someone needs a blood transfusion.
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Gainesville man arrested, charged with interfering with school bus after dropoff goes awry
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A Gainesville man was arrested after he followed a bus twice and held the bus doors open trying to get a child off the bus, according to authorities.
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