WHS Student Council To Host Blood Drive
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By Jessica Brown
The Winchester High School Student Council will be hosting a mobile blood drive on February 19th from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mobile blood drives involve the use of a vehicle such as a van or bus that’s equipped with all the necessary equipment for blood donation.
WHS teacher and an overseer of the event Leevia Barnett said Student Council members will be helping to organize and run the blood drive, which includes retrieving students who signed up to donate from class at their allotted time. They’ll also escort the students back to class after they make their donation.
“Council members will provide snacks and drinks for donors and assist with other tasks the ImpactLife staff need help with,” Barnett said. ImpactLife is a nonprofit community blood center headquartered in Davenport, Iowa. The company collects blood at 23 fixed donor centers and at more than 5,000 mobile blood drives each year.
Students who volunteered to donate were allowed to sign up at a time that was convenient with their schedules and will be excused from whatever class time they have to be absent for, Barnett said.
“The Blood Drive was an annual event that was paused during Covid,” Barnett said. “It resumed in 2022 and this will be the third annual year since the Covid pause.”
She said there are still many time slots available for people to come and donate, commenting that 45 donors are allowed. “People may go to the link on Winchester Student Council’s Facebook page or the school’s website to sign up to donate,” she said.
Barnett said they are very thankful to all students, staff and members of the public who have signed up to donate and this year’s blood drive holds a special meaning. “This task is especially near and dear to our school this year because of Samara White and Braylee Littig,” she said. White and Littig are WHS students who are both currently battling serious medical conditions.
