...blood samples, organizers said. Alaska has seen successful drives before, but not of so many minorities, said Rachel Boisvert, who manages the Mat-Su office of the Blood Bank of Alaska. "I've never had a bone-marrow (donor) drive...

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...their families. Grass-roots drives, prompted by Quinto, are being held today in Juneau and Wednesday in Hoonah. Rachel Boisvert of the Blood Bank of Alaska helped arrange them through the Puget Sound Blood Center in Seattle, which supplied the...