REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Community members rolled up their sleeves Friday to honor the life and legacy of Redmond firefighter-paramedic Michael Kienzle by donating blood during a special American Red Cross blood drive.The event brought together family, friends, fellow firefighters, first responders and community members to continue Kienzle’s lifelong commitment to helping others. Organizers said
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BEND, Ore. — A nationwide blood shortage is raising concerns in Central Oregon, where hospitals depend on a steady supply of donated blood to treat patients every day. The American Red Cross is encouraging eligible donors to give blood as it works to rebuild the national blood supply. When someone needs blood after a serious
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Welcoming the state’s move to more quickly drop its mask mandate for schools — and amid union concerns and state agency threats to fine or cost the district federal funding — the Redmond School Board voted unanimously Monday to back off plans to make masks optional as of Wednesday, and instead will line up with revised state plans.
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The American Red Cross declared the first ever nationwide blood crisis Tuesday.
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Saying it’s the first new mainline U.S. air carrier in nearly 15 years, Avelo Airlines debuted Thursday with flights from Burbank to 11 destinations — including Redmond’s Roberts Field — and introductory fares starting at $19 on all routes.
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NewsChannel 21 caught up with one of the donors on Wednesday who said his wife signed him for the blood drive while watching the telethon.
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We — make that YOU! — nearly tripled our goal of 50 scheduled blood donation appoints from our wonderful NewsChannel 21 viewers during our (and the region’s!) first “Blood Saves Lives” Telethon on Tuesday night. A big thank you to all who took part!
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A Bend blood donor, Russel Bowling, donates in honor of his late mother, Joan Bowling of Canyon City, who was a Red Cross volunteer for more than 20 years in John Day.
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NewsChannel 21’s Mike Allen is live donating blood in Bend – for the first time, even – and introduces us to Kedo Olson, a Culver man who has a very special reason to give blood regularly. There’s also a Red Cross app that tracks your donation and shows where it went.
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NewsChannel 21’s Max Goldwasser, Mike Allen and Arielle Brumfield livestreamed during the station’s ‘Blood Saves Lives’ telethon to get more blood donors for the American Red Cross during a dangerously low time of year for always-needed blood donations that can help save a life.
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Volunteer is also a recipient
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Anchor Lee Anderson called colleague Bob Shaw to make an appointment for a blood donation during NewsChannel 21’s 3 1/2-hour ‘Blood Saves Lives’ telethon with the American Red Cross
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NewsChannel 21’s Jessie Foster kicked off our ‘Blood Saves Lives’ blood drive telethon with a live blood donation on the air at the American Red Cross, as we ask you to call 541-633-4729 and make an appointment that is so simple and so important to many — even live-saving.
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Bend Deputy Fire Chief Larry Medina has been donating blood to the American Red Cross as often as he can — and has done so since high school, when it earned him extra credit. We also got our first look at the call center where Bob Shaw, among others, are taking your calls at 541-633-4729
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The Bend Leadership Academy at Marshall High School teamed up for a Christmas Eve blood drive with the American Red Cross and also to raise funds for Grandma’s House of Central Oregon, a shelter for homeless or pregnant women and young mothers.
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Mt. Bachelor Village Resort held its first blood drive on Friday, with a special prize for the business that had the most donors — a free, catered and delivered lunch
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