Spartans Saving Lives

        Have you been trying to find a way to help you community, a way to try to help save a person’s life? On Friday February 15 the Blood Source will be coming to East Nicolaus campus to have students, staff or the community to collect as much blood as they can for their patients.

“I like how we get to help people who really need it,” says Michele Snow about what she likes best about the school blood drive.

The Blood Source will be at East Nicolaus for the whole day, if you’re a community member, stop by, you don’t have to have an appointment but you have to meet the requirements for donating blood. Some of the requirements are, you must be over sixteen years old, have to wait six weeks after pregnancy, for Caesarean wait six more weeks after your doctor’s release, if you have diabetes you could donate blood if it’s controlled, if your body piercings were done by a professional then you may donate blood, if not wait year, you cannot give blood if you have HIV/AIDS, you must be symptom-free.

“I have not donated yet,” says Krysta Wanner.

It might be scary at first to donate blood for the first time but you have to try so you could have the satisfaction that you helped someone, and maybe it will help you get rid of one of you fears in life. If you did it once and had a bad experienced maybe the second time will be much better because you will not  be as nervous as the first time. 

A teacher form East Nicolaus, Mr. Wolcott, explains what he liked best about the blood drive, and he said 

“Helping people, tradition, mainly to do something with the students, and get munchies”.

After you donate blood you will receive food, and drinks and a free t-shirt.

Don’t forget you must be older than sixteen, bring an I.D with you, eat healthy and drink plenty of water!

“Glad this grand event takes a place here,” Mr. Wolcott says.

               

 If you need more information about donating or would want to make an appointment for another occasion you could call 866-822-5663 or you could go on www.bloodsource org/appointmentcenter.