DOING HIS PART — Gage Hennis, a junior health technologies student attending the Jefferson County Vocational School, was among dozens of people who contributed blood during the school’s first of three blood drives that will take place throughout the 2025-26 school year. Held in conjunction with the American Red Cross, more than 36 viable units of blood were collected at the conclusion of Tuesday’s drive. The collections will be used toward helping to save numerous lives, according to officials. -- Contributed

BLOOMINGDALE — Students attending the Jefferson County Vocational School, along with members of the community, gathered Tuesday to donate blood to the American Red Cross.

In what was the first of three blood drives that will be held at the Bloomingdale school during the 2025-26 scho

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