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Chicago community honors memory of Jaden Blake with blood drive
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People are giving back to the community by giving blood and its in honor of a young Chicago man who died last year.
“Last year in November I lost my son Jaden. Jaden was an avid blood donor, a student athlete. The love of my life,” said Yvonne Blake Brown, CEO of the Jaden Sebastian Blake Foundation.
Blake Brown has turned tragedy into a triumph.
“People started asking what can we do? How can we help? And we said just go to the blood bank. Give,” Blake Brown said.
On Saturday at their Midwestern convention in Lombard, scores of Jack and Jill members gave a pint in honor of Jaden.
“African-Americans, we have sickle cell. Our blood is special. The matching matters. It just matters,” said Blake Brown.
