WORTHINGTON, Minn. – The 11th annual “Heroes Behind the Badges” blood drive ended with tremendous success. The Aug. 4 blood drive was a friendly competition between Worthington / Nobles County Law Enforcement and Worthington Fire Department / EMS. In the end it was the Worthington Fire / EMS winning with 60 donation votes versus the Worthington / Nobles County Law Enforcement with 53 donation votes.
A total of 113 community members participated in this blood drive event, and up to 276 lives will benefit from the blood collected. During the blood drive, donors could designate their donation to the department of their choice. Up to this point, the Worthington Fire Department / EMS have won the traveling trophy nine times and the Worthington / Nobles County Law Enforcement have won it twice. All the blood collected helped local patients. 
