On October 13, 2019, a young girls life was changed. 12 year-old Ellie Thornton was diagnosed with severe Aplastic Anemia, a disease that affects the body’s ability to produce blood cells.

Ellie has received multiple blood and platelet transfusions, which is why her friends and family wanted to host a blood drive in her honor and to help others in need of blood as well.

“This is so important because we sometimes forget how critical it is to have blood available to us when we need it,” Sondra Thornton, Ellie’s mother said. “We never know when disaster is going to strike, you never know when a loved one is going to get sick,” she said.

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