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    EPD Captain Brian Stephens donates blood during the Battle of the Badges blood drive at the Humboldt County Community Blood Bank on Wednesday.
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    Eureka Police Department Community Safety Enhancement Team member Neil Hubbard gives blood during the Battle of the Badges Blood Drive on Wednesday.
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    Eureka Police Department Community Safety Enhancement Team member Drake Goodale gives blood during the Battle of the Badges Blood Drive on Wednesday.
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    Humboldt County Sheriff’s Department Investigator Scoot Hicks talks with Sharon Reid, left, during the blood drive.
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    Humboldt County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Eric Masaki donated platelets during the drive. Masaki is a regular platelet donor.
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    Racers cross the Eel River on their way to the finish line.
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    Humboldt County Sheriff’s Department Detective Hilary Havens closes her eyes as Cheyenne Eglian prepares to insert a needle into her arm.
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    Humboldt County Sheriff’s Department Detective Hilary Havens watches as Cheyenne Eglian starts her blood donation.
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    Cheyenne Eglian takes samples for testing.
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    Cheyenne Eglian, left prepares to remove the needle from the arm of EPD dispatcher Jennifer Dennison who was giving her first ever donation.
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    Humboldt County Sheriff Bill Honsal looks for his donor card while Tara Murfin waits to check him in.
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    EPD Community Safety Enhancement Team Officer Wayne holds gauze on his arm after donating.
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    Humboldt County Sheriff Bill Honsal watches as Cara Moschetti inserts a needle into his arm during the blood drive.
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    Humboldt County Sheriff Bill Honsal watches as Cara Moschetti inserts a needle into his arm during the blood drive.
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    Humboldt County Sheriff Bill Honsal watches as Cara Moschetti takes blood samples for testing.
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    The multi agency blood drive at the Northern California Community Blood Bank resulted in donations 72 units of blood and (GET NUMBERS FROM BLOOD BANK) units of platelets from 80 donors.
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    Jesica Rayo attaches a unit of blood that has been separated into plasma and red blood cells to a machine that will place the plasma and red cells into separate bags.
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    Samples from donors wait to be sent for testing. All donations are tested for blood type and various diseases.
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    Jesica Rayo weighs unit of separated plasma.