A blood drive will be held at the Ravenwood United Methodist Church on Wednesday, June 3rd from 2 pm to 6 pm. The goal is to collect 36 units of blood like they did in April. The blood center has increased their appointment slots to 44.
The Northeast Nodaway School is partnering with the Ravenwood United Methodist Church to help junior and senior students have a better chance of earning a scholarship by donating blood and by recruiting donors for the drives at both the school and church.
This month, there were two Northeast Nodaway seniors who received the “Gallon Grad” scholarship. They were Jalyn Burns and Mylee Wilmes. They are the first two Gallon Grads at Northeast Nodaway since 2015.
The American Hospital Association estimated that over 4.5 million lives in the US are saved by blood transfusions each year. A single blood donation can be separated into three components, red cells, plasma, and platelets, which means that three lives are saved from every blood donation. The American Hospital Association says that tens of thousands of units are used daily.
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