Fall Campus Blood Drive Turns Out a Record Number of Donors
The all-university UC fall blood drive Oct. 10-14 saw a new record number of donors take part. Hoxworth Blood Center, University of Cincinnati reports the blood drive registered 1,182 individuals and collected 1,037 units of blood, enough to save 3,111 lives in the Tristate.
Among that turnout were 498 first-time donors.
Alecia Lipton, community relations manager for Hoxworth Blood Center, says every three seconds, someone needs blood. Each day, patients across the country receive 34,000 units of blood. Every day, UC Hoxworth Blood Center needs to collect 350 units of blood to support the needs of patients in Greater Cincinnati.
UCs previous record campus blood drive was last winter, when the service event signed up 1,002 donors.
Hoxworth Blood Center, University of Cincinnati, was founded in 1938 and serves 31 hospitals in 17 counties in Southwestern Ohio, Northern Kentucky and Southeastern Indiana.
The next all-university blood drive is coming up during winter quarter and will be held Jan. 9-13.
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