CHESTER — Ruth Rowley of Chester checks-in blood donors at the Friday November 19 Red Cross Blood Drive hosted at the Chester VFW Post 3553. There were 17 donors who came in to donate 21 units of blood were collected that will go on to help up to 63 patients in need! There were 5 people who provided a Power Red donation which counts as 2 units.
Photo by Jim Beers
Rowley has been a regular volunteer for drives in Steeleville, Sparta, and Chester since moving to this area 12 years ago.
In addition, she has donated blood approximately 100 times over the years.
Chances are that any time there is a Red Cross Blood Drive in Chester, Rowley is the first person to meet and greet donors as they arrive at either the Chester American Legion Post 487 location or the VFW in Chester location.
We had 17 donors come in to donate and collected 21 units of blood that will go on to help up to 63 patients in need! We had 5 people do a Power Red donation which count as 2 units and I attached an info sheet on this donation type if you wanted to mention that.