By Aaliyah Pamplin
Student Health Services and Hok Nosai Council, a Native American Greek Fraternity and Sorority that was started at UNCP, hosted a blood drive that gave away $40 reward to all donors, on Tuesday, Feb. 11th. The blood drive was located in the UC Annex from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Students could sign up for the blood drive on BraveConnect and people could sign up on The Blood Connection website, and they also accepted walk-ins. There were 76 appointments and at least 20 walk-ins.
Student Health Services do a Blood Drive twice a semester and once in the summer. The Blood Connection was the organization that was drawing blood.
“Most of the time students tend to like giving blood to The Blood Connection because they give blood to local hospitals and students can get monetary gain,” said Med & Health Program Consultant at Student Health Services, Jaelyn Wynn.
The Blood Connection gives blood to more than 50 North Carolina hospitals. One blood donation can save up to three lives. Donors receive a gift card through their emails, the donors have an option to choose what type of gift card they would want from a link that is provided in the email.
According to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, “Only 3% of age-eligible individuals in the U.S. give blood each year.”
To find more ways and opportunities to give blood to The Blood Connection look at the website: https://donate.thebloodconnection.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/268980
