Malloy: "What Do You Want? Blood?"

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Connecticut Mirror

With more than 1,800 blood donations canceled in Connecticut because of recent severe weather, American Red Cross officials called the governor's office, hoping Gov. Dannel P. Malloy could help spread the word about the need for donors.

"He said, 'I can do you one better,'" Paul T. Sullivan, CEO of the American Red Cross Connecticut Blood Services Region, said Monday.


The donor-in-chief urges residents to give blood

The governor was on his way to donate a pint.

"Seems like he's a very hands on governor," Sullivan said.

Soon after, Malloy stepped into the reading room of the UConn School of Law's William F. Starr Hall, scene of the campus blood drive and the latest gubernatorial public service announcement.

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