MANCHESTER, Conn — Runners, volunteers and friends of the Manchester Road Race (MRR) donated a record 372 pints of blood Friday at the 37th Ray Crothers Blood Drive.
The blood collected will help 1,116 patients in need of blood, plasma and platelets, and set another single-day collection record for the road race blood drive.
The prior record was set at last year's event when 364 pints were collected. A total of 8,258 pints of blood have been donated at the MRR blood drive during the past 36 years.
“We were delighted with the turnout and are extremely pleased to partner in this life-saving effort with the Red Cross,” said Lance Morgan, a physician assistant and member of the MRR’s executive committee. “We are so thankful to our generous donors and financial sponsors.”
The blood drive is named in memory of Ray Crothers of Tolland, who won the Manchester Road Race in 1965 and competed in the race for 43 years before his death from cancer in 2008.
Jennifer Glatz is a digital content producer at FOX61 News. She can be reached at jglatz@fox61.com.
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