Phlebotomist Marshina Stephen, left, prepares Tom Palen for his blood donation Thursday during the 20th Annual Ottumwa Media Blood Drive at Bridge View Center.
Photo by Melissa Palen
Phlebotomist Marshina Stephen, left, adjusts the lines Thursday as Tom Palen donates blood during the 20th Annual Ottumwa Media Blood Drive at Bridge View Center.
Photo by Melissa Palen
Phlebotomist Marshina Stephen, left, checks on Tom Palen as he donates blood Thursday during the 20th Annual Ottumwa Media Blood Drive at Bridge View Center.
Photo by Melissa Palen
Tom Palen does a live remote broadcast Thursday while donating blood at the 20th Annual Ottumwa Media Blood Drive at Bridge View Center.
Photo by Melissa Palen
Tom Palen does a live remote broadcast Thursday while donating blood
at the 20th Annual Ottumwa Media Blood Drive at Bridge View Center.
Photo by Melissa Palen
Teresa Crew, supervisor of collections with the Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center, checks on Schuyler Black, 16, as he donates blood Thursday at the 20th Annual Ottumwa Media Blood Drive at Bridge View Center.
Photo by Melissa Palen
Schuyler Black, 16, donates blood Thursday at the 20th Annual Ottumwa Media Blood Drive at Bridge View Center.
Photo by Melissa Palen
Greg Pixley, a retired Ottumwa school principal, donates blood Thursday during the 20th Annual Ottumwa Media Blood Drive at Bridge View Center.
Photo by Tom Palen
Tom Palen prepares to donate "double red blood cells" on Thursday during the 20th Annual Ottumwa Media Blood Drive at Bridge View Center.
Photo by Schuyler Black