UW-Madison holds Homecoming blood drive amid national shortage

MADISON, Wis. — This Homecoming week, Badgers can give back to their community by giving blood at Gordon Dining and Event Center.

The UW Homecoming Committee partnered with the American Red Cross to organize the blood drive, which comes amid a national blood shortage. Starting in August, the American Red Cross saw blood collections drop by 25%, Kyle Kriegl, the executive director of the southwest Wisconsin chapter of the American Red Cross, said.