The Kevin Coffey Blood Drive was on Friday at St. Thomas More Church, collecting 252 pints of blood. This was the 9th drive held in Kevin’s memory, a 2009 Manhattan High School drive who died in a bus crash in 2010.
Kevin’s friend from Temple University, Christine Boegemann, traveled from Philadelphia to attend the drive in Manhattan for the first time.
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Kevin’s mother Maxine said they have also been helping organize blood drives at Temple University, where Kevin was attending before his death.
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American Red Cross Blood Drive Coordinator Kristi Ingalls said Friday they were well on their way to topping last year’s total. In fact, this year’s drive collected 252 pints of blood, which equates to saving potentially up to 756 lives.
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