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Parishes respond to blood shortages with donation drives

Dr. James Rydel first donated blood as a 17-year-old high school senior at a school-sponsored blood drive. Now a nephrologist in private practice and at Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn, Rydel, 63, is still a regular blood donor. So when his parish, St. Thomas the Apostle, 5472 S. Kimbark Ave., was looking for a way to reach out to the community, holding a blood drive seemed like a natural fit

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