SCC Blood Drive March 24th

3/4/08

Shawnee Community College will host an American Red Cross Blood Drive 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., on Monday, March 24. The drive will be located in the gymnasium located on the main campus near Ullin. For more information, contact Erin King, SCC Recruitment Specialist, at 618-634-3380.

Blood supplies are critically low. The blood-types that are in the highest demand are Type O, Type A-, and Type B-. Of course this does not mean that A+ & B+ are not needed. Appointments are not necessary, but the SCC Student Senate will be taking appointments to make timing easier for those with tight schedules. Please call 618.634.3380 to schedule an appointment.

Student Senate is also providing a traveling trophy for the club/organization having the highest number of donor recruits. The trophy will be display during the drive. The Student Senate is also repeating our Wal-Mart gift-card raffle. Those who register to donate will be given a raffle ticket to enter to win one $50 or one of two $25 gift-cards to Wal-mart. The Tennessee Valley Blood Services Region of the American Red Cross supplies blood for patients in 75 hospitals in parts of Illinois, Missouri, Tennessee, and Kentucky. There is no upper age limit for donating blood. For faster registration, bring your Red Cross donor card. Please bring acceptable identification, such as a government issued picture ID, such as a driver's license.

As a volunteer blood donor, to be eligible to donate you must feel well that day, be 17 years of age, weigh at least 110 lbs., have not donated whole blood in the past 56 days, and have not received a notification from Red Cross Services requesting that you not give. If you have questions about your eligibility to donate, please visit www.givelife.org. The Tennessee Valley Region is one of 37 American Red Cross blood services regions nationwide. More than 600 pints of blood are needed every day in the region. Each pint of blood donated helps an average of three people.