Ipswich Lions hosted a blood drive with Vitalant, formerly United Blood Services, on November 6 at Holy Cross Catholic Church which helped collect a total of 53 units of blood for patients in need.

A total of 46 individuals volunteered to donate blood and 43 individuals were able to donate at the Vitalant blood drive on Nov. 6. A total of 10 donors also came forward to donate Power Red Cells (2RBC) which collects two units of red blood cells while returning platelets, plasma and a saline solution back to the donor.

Vitalant expressed their gratitude to Larry Stafford, who coordinated the...