We Are Blood sends donations to help Hurricane Milton victims [Video]

TEXAS – Right now, one of the most urgent needs in Florida is blood.

In Central Texas, We Are Blood, is helping SunCoast Blood Centers, a blood site located just outside of Siesta Key, Florida.

“Here’s the way we can help,” said Michael Warburton, who runs the We Are Blood volunteer group. “We can’t drive over there, but here’s a way we can really make an impact in not only our community but other communities as well. Really support our neighbors.”

Warburton is one of the many blood donors in Central Texas on Friday.

“We are in a critical need for O-negative donors, and I am an O-negative donor,” said Warburton.

This week, We Are Blood teamed up with 11 other donation sites nationwide to help blood centers in Western Florida.

That’s where Hurricane Milton made landfall Wednesday.

Altogether, they sent 100 O-negative and O-positive blood donations, the two most needed types.

“In the event of a disaster that …