Butler County Community College student Kara Whitmire, 21, of Herman, was moved to organize a blood drive by one of the people she interviewed for the college newspaper.

Unceasing need and coronavirus fears have combined to create an acute blood shortage in Western Pennsylvania.

One Butler County Community College student is making an effort to ease that scarcity.

Kara Whitmire, 21, of Herman has organized a blood drive from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 21 in Room 230 in the Student Success Center.

Whitmire, who will graduate in May with a communications degree, was moved to set up a drive after meeting and interviewing a cancer patient for the student newspaper.

This is an excerpt from a larger article that will appear in Friday's Butler Eagle. Subscribe online or in print for access to the full article to read more about Whitmire's interview with the patient.