In total, cooperative employees helped 250 lives by donating blood at blood drives held throughout 2024. Photo by Chance Allmon.
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On June 18, 27 generous donors participated in the Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation (AECC) and Arkansas Electric Cooperatives, Inc. (AECI) blood drive for The Blood Institute; five were double red cell donations.

Doris Whitt, AECC/AECI compensation analyst/wellness coordinator said, through this event, “96 lives were helped by our employees and spouses who donated.”

This was the second successful campus blood drive this year; 49 employees participated in a February event, saving 147 lives. That is nearly 250 for 2024.

Whitt said the summer event — the final cooperative drive for the year — was significant. The Blood Institute sees a decline in donors when children are out of school and families are on vacation, but the need for blood doesn’t take a summer break.