Blood Drive

by Levi Gagliano-Bingham

This year, Fresno High School’s Red Cross Club is partnering with Central California Blood Drive to give students the opportunity to donate blood at Fresno High, for those in need around Fresno, Tulare, Madera, Kings, and Mariposa Counties. Blood donations are important for many reasons; for example, one donor could happen to be a part of the 7% of people who have the universal type O blood. Their donation could be used to save the life of a person with an unidentified blood type. Not only that, according to the CCBD’s website, “4.5 million Americans receive a transfusion each year.”

“1 pint saves 3 lives,” first donor Ja-Hadrha Johnson (Jae) said. “Each student can donate up to one pint of blood as long as they are well hydrated.” Jae continued, “For more traumatic injuries, like a brain injury for example, 12 pints of blood are lost on average, meaning that only 12 donations can save a life.”

For those who wish to donate, students under 16 years of age need a signed parent consent form, while those who are over 18 can fill it out themselves. The Blood Drive was set up in an RV outside of Warrior Park from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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