After a successful September blood drive, the Norwin Senior Class Officers will host another Drive on Friday, Dec 6. Anyone ages 16 and up can donate. This time around the incentives are a little different.
Every donor will receive a $10 gift card of their choice and a chance to win a $25 dollar Amazon gift card. Additionally, there is a regional prize where 5 people in the region will win $5,000 dollars.
“It is the season of giving,” said senior class advisor, Mrs. Lori Anselmino. “With every unit of blood you donate, you are giving 3 people a new chance at life.”
With the opportunity to win a lot of money, the class officers hope you will find time to fill out a form and become a lifesaver.
“People should donate blood because it’s a super easy and simple way to help out and save a life!” said senior class president, Molly Geissler.
Norwin’s blood drives are run by the senior class officers in collaboration with Vitalant. With blood donations lacking in recent years, drives such as these are becoming extremely important for schools to conduct.
According to Vitalant’s website, “every 2 seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood and or platelets.”
In addition, every day in the U.S, hospitals require 30,000 units of red blood cells. This means that by donating blood, you will be directly impacting somebody’s life.
Along with all of the money donors could win, each blood donation saves three lives. All it takes is a pint of blood.
The Norwin Blood Drive runs all day, giving students the freedom to choose which period they would be most comfortable missing. When it is their time to donate, they will report to the auxiliary gym and sign in with a class officer.
After getting your blood tested by trained Vitalant nurses, you will be escorted to the chair in which a unit of blood will be drawn. 1 pint later, donors will have saved 3 lives.
A class officer will escort you to the canteen area where you will be provided with food and drinks. After at least 15 minutes of rest, you are free to go.
“I donate blood because it helps people,” said senior Lukas Dimitroff. “There’s people in much worse condition than me, and I’m able to help them by just giving up an hour of my time.”
Dimitroff has been donating for the past four drives, saving a total of TWELVE lives!
“I think the blood drives are run pretty well,” Dimitroff said. “the process is extremely easy, and with a large number of donators, that can be hard to accomplish.”
Take a form the next time a class officer visits your homeroom, or go pick one up from outside of room 201. Once you have a completed form, you can either hand it to a class officer or turn it in outside of room 201.
