St. Mary of Huntley Knights blood drive a winter success

On Saturday, Feb. 21, 75 pints of blood were donated at the quarterly blood drive sponsored by the St. Mary of Huntley Knights of Columbus Council 11666, in cooperation with LifeSource, Chicagoland's Blood Center and the generous participation by parishioners of St. Mary Catholic Church in Huntley and other local residents.

The next blood drive will be held on Saturday, May 16, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Huntley. Additional information can be obtained by calling (630) 400-2149.

The Knights of Columbus is an international Catholic family fraternal service organization with nearly 1.7 million members in over 14,000 local councils. Last year, Knights donated 70 million volunteer hours and $151 million in charitable and benevolent causes, sponsoring projects to benefit their church, councils, communities, families and youth.

The LifeSource mission is to provide best in class blood products and clinical services to meet the needs of the healthcare community, patients and our donors through advanced transfusion medicine practices. The vision of LifeSource is to be the premier provider of blood transfusion practices by delivering innovative industry leading services, operating efficiencies, donor satisfaction and improved patient care resulting in the achievement of its mission.

LifeSource makes it easy and convenient to donate; operating donor centers located throughout the Chicago area and averages 10 daily mobile blood drives around the area. For more information, call LifeSource at (877) 543-3768 or visit www.lifesource.org.