Blood drive in honor of Ridgeway firefighter results in 59 pints
Provided photos: The American Red Cross sets up for a blood drive today at the Ridgeway Fire Hall.
RIDGEWAY – A blood drive today in honor of Ridgeway firefighter Glen Busch II resulted in 59 pints of blood. That came from 47 donors, including 12 who were double-red givers.
This is the second blood drive in honor of Busch. The first one on Nov. 30 included about 70 donors.
Busch, 36, has been promoting the blood drives. He said he is thankful for donors because he needed 178 blood transfusions last year while battling serious health issues.
Busch has mostly recovered from a splenic artery aneurysm, a stroke, a pulmonary embolism and a collapsed lung.
The blood drives at Ridgeway included many donors who are firefighters, and also members of the Crusaders Motorcycle Club. That club has its races on Culvert Road in Ridgeway. The season opens on Sunday.
Busch returned to work in February as a social welfare examiner for the Orleans County Department of Social Services. His wife Valerie works at Baxter Healthcare in Medina and also is an active Ridgeway firefighter.
This sign promotes today’s blood drive in honor of Glen Busch II.
