Battle of the Badges underway in Rochester

The competition runs through September.

Fauci is scheduled to remotely new on daybreak new on daybreak, while donating plasma is important... there is also the need for blood donations.

People in rochester are rolling up their sleeves to show support for first responders.

In the last several months, there's been a noticable lack of people coming in.

Likely due to people not wanting to expose themselves to others during this pandemic.

But it's not stopping the annual "battle of the badges" blood drive.

Kimt news 3's madelyne watkins joins us live this morning... madelyne, how's this friendly competition going as of now?

"with these sorts of blood drives, with battle of the badges, we see a lot more new donors that we've never seen before.

That really gives me hope that we're gonna get through this as this marathon is for our community."

If you want to donate blood... you can make an appointment to do so.

The mayo clinic blood donor program is located in the hilton building downtown.

Live in rochester.

Madelyne watkins kimt thank you madelyne.

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