LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — Scheduling the Big Blue Crush Blood Drive for the week before Thanksgiving is intentional.

“…Put blood on the shelves for our hospitals for Thanksgiving week. Collections just seem to stagnate this time of year in the fall,” Eric Lindsey, from The Kentucky Blood Center, said.

Traffic inside was brisk for a Monday morning at their Beaumont Center location as people signed in to donate. All donors this week will receive a free long-sleeved t-shirt and the reward of knowing they’re helping someone in need, soon after donating.

“Pretty immediately afterwards, you'll find that that blood product makes it to a hospital and is being transfused to someone, which to me emphasizes the very real need,” Lindsey said. “There is another person at the other end of the blood b

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