UNLPD hosts first blood drive since 2019

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Police Department hosted a blood drive on Monday for the first time since 2019.

It was a meaningful coincidence that it fell on the 22nd anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks.

“At first it was just a day I picked, and then I realized what it actually was,” dispatch supervisor Alli Schultze said. “And on a day that the nation needs to come together with the critical need for blood, it just seemed like it made the most sense.”

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Schultze said she knows how important donating blood is because she was once a recipient.

The blood is being collected through the American Red Cross, which provides about 40% of the nation’s blood supply needs.