URI Blood Drive
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So this is the you're a blood drive going on right now. Each day was around one hundred people, and we've hit that hole and actually surpassed way. So what you're seeing here is where everyone actually Joni. Okay, on afterwards, they sit in refresh pizza, don't eat pizza and every single blood drive I'm. So over the years, they donated hundreds pizza where the students come to recover after your meeting. I graduated a few years ago and just in the last year was diagnosed with leukemia, which is a blood cancer and is now using products to get through this treatment. So that's the point that we try to make a lot is you never know when you or someone you care about is going to need a blood transfusion. While you're healthy while you're in a position to give blood and give of yourself, please try and do it. We usually see a solid two hundred fifty two, three hundred people at each fly drive, so it means the world. So how did you get into all this? So a friend of mine used to work for the blood center years ago when I decided I wanted to go back to work after having children, someone recommended this organization to me. I've now been here for eight years and I'm resolved. It's really good you have a great operation going on here. Um, how many people usually get for volunteers like you're here? I had a great well in terms of volunteers for the blood drive. So every hour on the hour of the drive, I have to representatives from a sorority and two different fraternity. They go to the dining hall, the library wherever students are on the quiet. Just because a lot of times people just need that little extra nudge it if they have some time to kill. So we get a lot of student volunteers, and in terms of those coming to give during these three day blood drives me average around three hundred. So those students out there where they returning, people knew they were giving out. In addition to helping promote the drive, they encourage their members to come donate if they can. I would but did earlier, uh, narrows it our own this week. If people have cold blood, they can give it each blood drive. Joanie, you only need to win one hundred pounds or more. It's important to eat and hydrate before you give blood But otherwise there's not a lot of referee.