Blood Drive To Benefit Pleasant Ridge Montessori School Mom

Press Release From Cincinnati Public Schools:

March 9, 2020

When the mother of a Pleasant Ridge Montessori School student was diagnosed recently with leukemia, the school community stepped up to offer help.

The help is coming as a Blood Drive for Beth on Friday, March 13, at the school.

Pleasant Ridge Montessori mom Beth Van Wassenhove is battling leukemia, a type of cancer that affects the blood and bone marrow. In her own words, "the blood transfusions are literally saving my life."

Alecia Lipton, spokesperson for Hoxworth Blood Center, said patients with leukemia often need blood and platelet transfusions to counteract the side effects of chemotherapy and to provide a dose of healthy blood cells.

"Those transfusions are only made possible by blood banks and the volunteer donors who so generously give their time and blood," Lipton said.

The Blood Drive for Beth will take place at Pleasant Ridge Montessori School, 5945 Montgomery Rd., from noon to 6 p.m. on March 13.

Appointments are encouraged, but walk-in donors also are welcome.

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