The 30th Annual Carolina Blood Drive took place on Tuesday, June 5 and members of the local community came out to donate life-saving blood. The event resulted in 815 donors and 61 volunteers participating to collect 778 units of lifesaving blood, which can save up to 2,334 lives.

Check out the photo gallery from the event below!

Photos via Rhonda Hubbard Beatty

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Barbara Russell Hardin speaks during the 30th Annual Carolina Blood Drive held June 5, 2018 at the Dean Smith Center on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (Jon Gardiner/UNC-Chapel Hill)
Barbara Russell Hardin speaks during the 30th Annual Carolina Blood Drive held June 5, 2018 at the Dean Smith Center on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (Jon Gardiner/UNC-Chapel Hill)
Chancellor Carol Folt speaks during the 30th Annual Carolina Blood Drive held June 5, 2018 at the Dean Smith Center on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (Jon Gardiner/UNC-Chapel Hill)
Chancellor Carol Folt speaks during the 30th Annual Carolina Blood Drive held June 5, 2018 at the Dean Smith Center on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (Jon Gardiner/UNC-Chapel Hill)
30th Annual Carolina Blood Drive held June 5, 2018 at the Dean Smith Center on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (Jon Gardiner/UNC-Chapel Hill)
30th Annual Carolina Blood Drive held June 5, 2018 at the Dean Smith Center on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (Jon Gardiner/UNC-Chapel Hill)
30th Annual Carolina Blood Drive held June 5, 2018 at the Dean Smith Center on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (Jon Gardiner/UNC-Chapel Hill)
30th Annual Carolina Blood Drive held June 5, 2018 at the Dean Smith Center on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (Jon Gardiner/UNC-Chapel Hill)
30th Annual Carolina Blood Drive held June 5, 2018 at the Dean Smith Center on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (Jon Gardiner/UNC-Chapel Hill)
30th Annual Carolina Blood Drive held June 5, 2018 at the Dean Smith Center on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (Jon Gardiner/UNC-Chapel Hill)
30th Annual Carolina Blood Drive held June 5, 2018 at the Dean Smith Center on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (Jon Gardiner/UNC-Chapel Hill)
30th Annual Carolina Blood Drive held June 5, 2018 at the Dean Smith Center on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (Jon Gardiner/UNC-Chapel Hill)
30th Annual Carolina Blood Drive held June 5, 2018 at the Dean Smith Center on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (Jon Gardiner/UNC-Chapel Hill)
30th Annual Carolina Blood Drive held June 5, 2018 at the Dean Smith Center on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (Jon Gardiner/UNC-Chapel Hill)
30th Annual Carolina Blood Drive held June 5, 2018 at the Dean Smith Center on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (Jon Gardiner/UNC-Chapel Hill)
30th Annual Carolina Blood Drive held June 5, 2018 at the Dean Smith Center on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (Jon Gardiner/UNC-Chapel Hill)
30th Annual Carolina Blood Drive held June 5, 2018 at the Dean Smith Center on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (Jon Gardiner/UNC-Chapel Hill)
30th Annual Carolina Blood Drive held June 5, 2018 at the Dean Smith Center on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (Jon Gardiner/UNC-Chapel Hill)
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