Youth on the Rise, Cancer Foundation hosting blood drive

Sasha Rawof

Non-profit organization Youth on the Rise Guyana (YORG) and the Guyana Cancer Foundation will be hosting a blood drive this Saturday, February 27th , at Vreed-en-Hoop Junction.

The hosting of the campaign comes amidst a continuing call by the national blood bank, the National Blood Transfusion Service, for persons to donate blood as it is in need of the fluid.

Blood drives have been hosted annually by the YORG since it was founded in 2018. The group last hosted one in February of last year and a year later it is calling on volunteers to take this opportunity of be someone’s lifeline.