Omega Psi Phi Fraternity member Merlin Newirk donates blood at the annual MLK Day of Service blood drive at the Irwin Center. (Nick Ulanowski/H-F Chronicle)
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Dozens donate blood at Irwin Center on MLK Day

Several dozen people, including Flossmoor Mayor Michelle Nelson and U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (D-2nd), donated blood at the Irwin Center in Homewood on Monday, Jan. 20. The Chi Lambda Lambda chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity and the Lambda Tau Omega chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority organized the blood drive for Martin Luther King Day in collaboration with Versiti Blood Center of Illinois.

This was the fifth annual MLK Day blood drive…

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