Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Melanie Lee, 17, walked over from Kenai Central High School to give blood at the Blood Bank of Alaska's mobile donation clinic Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016 in Kenai, Alaska. The Anchorage-based Blood Bank of Alaska, which periodically makes trips to other areas of Alaska to allow residents of other communities to donate blood, will hold another blood drive between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. Friday at Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna.

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Melanie Lee, 17, walked over from Kenai Central High School to give blood at the Blood Bank of Alaska's mobile donation clinic Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016 in Kenai, Alaska. The Anchorage-based Blood Bank of Alaska, which periodically makes trips to other areas of Alaska to allow residents of other communities to donate blood, will hold another blood drive between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. Friday at Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna.

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