Summer brings greater need for blood donations

Phlebotomist Connie Ryan marks the location of a vein on Linda Quarberg’s arm as Quarberg prepares to donate blood for the 226th time, during a Blood Bank of Hawaii blood drive in January at Aunty Sally’s Luau Hale in Hilo. (HOLLYN JOHNSON/Tribune-Herald file photo)

HILO — With the summer months, comes a greater need for blood donors.