Around the holidays, experts say it can be difficult to find people with the time and ability to donate blood.

On a mission to continue giving back to its grieving community, Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis once again stepped up this Black Friday, ensuring Memorial Blood Center's truck was full of volunteers.

Jimmy Dunn, director of outreach and community life at Annunciation, said the blood donation efforts are about repaying those who rushed in to help on the day of the mass shooting over the summer. On Aug. 27, a shooter killed two children and injured dozens more .

Memorial Blood Center helped provide around 250 pints of blood to local hospitals treating survivors. Now, Dunn said, Annunciation's community members are trying to donate that amount of blood in retur

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