Blood drive hosted to honor local boy battling cancer

COLLINSVILLE – Jerry and Heather Byrd, local educators, coordinated a blood drive in honor of 6-year-old, Briggs Favero-Wylie. He is the son of Bassett High School Boys Soccer Coach Larry Wylie and is battling Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. According to Mayo Clinic, ALL is a type of cancer of the blood and bone marrow that affects white blood cells. The Community Fellowship hosted the blood drive Tuesday from 1-7 PM.