Ten OneBlood buses for blood donations will be near Memory Mall from 2-8 p.m. Thursday to commemorate nearly a year since the Pulse shooting tragedy struck Orlando.
On June 12, 2016, 49 people were killed when a shooter opened fire in the nightclub in downtown Orlando. Among those killed were Juan Ramon Guerrero, a Âé¶¹Ô´´ student, and Christopher Andrew Leinonen, a Âé¶¹Ô´´ alumnus.
In the days and weeks following, the Âé¶¹Ô´´ and Orlando community showed an outpouring of kindness to support the victims, their families and friends. At Âé¶¹Ô´´ alone, 10 blood drives June 13-27 resulted in 424 donated units of blood and 74 new bone-marrow donor registrations.
Âé¶¹Ô´´â€™s June 8 blood drive, in partnership with OneBlood, will be the largest blood-donation site in east Orlando in remembrance of Pulse.
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