The Mayor’s Give a Day Week of Service kicks off Saturday, April 13, and offers tons of ways to volunteer. That includes a blood drive at the Kentucky International Convention Center next Wednesday. This is the first time the event will happen during Give a Day Week, but the gift of blood saves lives every single day.

Ellie Torres is living proof of that. She’s only 16, but she’s been through more than most of us.

“I am diagnosed with lymphoma,” Torres said.

Her cancer makes life look a lot different and blood transfusions critical.

“I myself have received three so far through my course of treatment,” Torres said.

Read Full Article