St. Johns Blood Drive

St. Johns Blood Drive

Last week on our class field trip we visited the blood drive on campus. I was a bit skeptical at first because they were going to make us donate blood, but instead they were very understanding if we didn’t want to but in addition told us about all of the benefits that one pint of blood does to the state of New York.

In the interview Bill a man who has been working for the blood donation center for 6 years now talked about how one pint can save many lives, and how it is important to have more donors. He said, “it cant be manufactured, it has to be given” that’s why it is important for those who can donate to do so.

He also talked about how during the winter season it is especially difficult for people who need a certain type of blood. This is because most of the blood that is donated is only good for roughly 2 weeks and with not many donors in the state of New York the supply of blood lessens by the day. We learned about how many patients cant receive the proper care and not having surgery because of the scarcity of blood and then many of these patients’ symptoms’ become worse.

Thanks to Bill and his information I’m happy to say that I will be attempting to donate blood the next time the bus comes to St. Johns.