September 29, 2021
Tammy Winchester is the Chicago Community Outreach Manager for Community Blood Center. The company has been hosting events to commemorate September as Sickle Cell Awareness Month. Photo provide by Sonya Lewis
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Blood Donation Events Highlight Need For Blood In Our Communities
The Sickle Cell Awareness Month is recognized in September and the Community Blood Center commemorated the month by hosting blood drives to encourage people of color to donate blood. The Community Blood Center has locations in Chicago, Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It was founded in 1955 to supply blood to hospitals in the Midwest region. It relies on volunteer blood donors. It was extended to Chicago in 2018 to help and engage the community with blood donation.