Pancakes and Platelets | Racine-area friends have been donating blood together for almost 50 years

Sports, cars and Andy Griffith. That’s usually the talk of the morning when Ken Rubin and his friends gather for breakfast at Denny’s every eight weeks or so before going to donate blood. Over the past 15 years, the group has donated made 572 donations, which equates to around 71.5 gallons of blood. MOUNT PLEASANT…

Leicestershire man to do charity walk for friend with brain tumour

Andi Peel, 30, from Leicestershire, was diagnosed with a glioblastoma multiforme in January 2020. Andi Peel, from Groby, Leicestershire, was diagnosed with a glioblastoma multiforme (GMB) in January 2020. Ross Bland, 35, who is doing a Walk of Hope at Bradgate Park to raise money for Brain Tumour Research, said the 30-year-old was “like [his]…