TANGIPAHOA, La. — The Tangipahoa Sheriffs Office along with, The Blood Center, are holding a blood drive to help support one of their own.
The replacement blood drive will be held Monday, December 21, in honor of TPSO Sergeant Charles Warren, who has been in the hospital battling COVID-19 for several weeks.
He was placed on a ventilator a week ago.
“Last Saturday, that was the last conversation we had on Facetime and that following night, that’s when I got a text at 3 a.m. saying he was being placed on a ventilator,” Warren’s son, Logan Broussard, said.
Last Monday, the North Oaks Hospital parking lot was full of blue lights as Sergeant Warren's fellow deputies with the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office gathered to pray for him as he fights COVID-19.
“It was amazing. He would definitely be proud of it,” Broussard said. “It would mean so much to him.”
Broussard, who is currently serving in the U.S. Marine Corps, is now home in Amite on emergency leave to help his family.
“All we’re praying for is good news everyday and it’s all we can hope for,” Broussard said.
The Blood Center will screen every donation for COVID antibodies which will tell the person if they had the virus in the previous months.
“This is in an effort to bring the community together to support Sgt. Warren, but also to encourage others to give much needed blood for our area,” said Sheriff Daniel Edwards.
TPSO says for every donor a $10 donation will be made by The Blood Center to Sergeant Charles Warren to help his family with any out of pocket hospital fees.
The blood drive will be held at E. Brent Dufreche Conference Center in the North Oaks Diagnostic Center on 15837 Paul Vega, MD, Drive in Hammond, LA. from 10:00 am to 6:00 p.m.
