News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
The blood drive is being coordinated by the leadership class, made up of class officers and other student body leaders, and the local division of The American Red Cross.
The Sisters Blood Drive is one of the most successful in central Oregon in terms of per capita participation.
The first year that the blood drive was organized by the school, the community and the school joined forces to donate over 50 units more than that year's goal. The next year the goal of units increased, and was again met.
Tiffany Randall is in charge of the drive this year and already has more than 55 students and teachers signed up to give one unit each, or one pint, of blood. Those giving blood have to be healthy and at least 17 years old.
This satisfies the goal of the leadership class, which is 55 units. If the class hadn't met that goal of 55 units, they would then go out into the community and ask anyone and everyone to donate blood.
Lora Nordquist, the teacher of the leadership class said, "I've seen kids who have graduated come back here to donate blood," showing that the blood drive also starts a life- long habit of blood donation.
Donated blood goes to local hospitals to aid in emergencies and operations. Any excess blood remains in central Oregon until nearly outdated, then is shipped to Portland for immediate use there.
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