The Park Presidio-Sunset Lions Club joined forces with the Richmond District YMCA to

host a blood drive on June 17.

Tom McCarville (right) gets assistance from the Blood Centers of the Pacific’s nurse Angelo Dixon to donate blood. Photo: Patrick McKinnie

The Blood Centers of the Pacific set up one of its mobile bloodmobiles in front of the Y,

which is located at 360 18th Ave., to extract the life-saving fluids. Participants and

volunteers were feted inside the Y with gourmet pasta and other treats. The pasta was

whipped up by Ray Pesce, a member of the Cloverdale Lions Club.

 Nurse Nahid Soltani stops for a photo as she finishes up with her third patient of the morning in the Blood Center of the Pacific’s blood drive at the Richmond District YMCA. Courtesy photo.

The Park Presidio-Sunset Lions Club is a part of Lions Clubs International, a non-profit

organization that serves the needs of the blind and the visually impaired, as well as

neighborhood causes.