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ifty-five people donate in ASG-sponsored blood drive
Seventy-five
people originally
signed up for
Monday's event
LEAHBOERINGA
Staff Writer
lackamas student Jack Spencer donates blood during the ASG-sponsored blood drive Monday,
ie American Red Cross collected 55 pints of blood during the drive.
The Associated Student Gov
ernment-sponsored blood drive
was held on Monday from 9 a.m.
to 2 p.m. inside an American Red
Cross bloodmobile, which was
parked next to the Gregory Forum.
About 55 people showed up to
donate blood.
"I started donating when I was
in high school, and decided to
continue doing so whenever the
opportunity came about," com
mented Clackamas student Jenifer
Gile. "This is the eighth time that
I have donated blood.”
Meeting the sign-up goal of 75
people within a week, the members
of the ASG were hopeful of a great
holiday Craft Fair to be held Dec. 3-4
LORA EVERSON
Contributing Writer
Students can get their holiday
lopping done very easily just by
ring into the Community Center
1 Dec. 3-4, where vendors will set
) tables by the cafeteria with their
rique merchandise.
The vendors hear about the op-
jrtunity to sell their products by
ord-of-mouth or when the Stu-
;nt Activities Office advertises its
ammunity and craft fairs,
lichelle Waggoner, Secretary of
tudent Activities, rents the tables
id schedules the vendors.
Vendors pay 25 dollars or 25 per-
:nt of their proceeds to a club on
lampus of their choosing.
4 Phone companies, credit card
companies or other service ven-
i ors are not allowed to have tables
1 (there during the Christmas Fair,
efturing the community fairs, which
lire twice a year, they can rent
tables.
Usually 20 to 25 vendors come
during a term, said Waggoner. The
vendors are diversified in their
wares. Some sell jewelry, beads,
knickknacks and rocks, such as
crystals. Others sell clothes,
candles, wreathes, pictures, plants
and dolls. Food is not generally
sold.
Not all vendors are from off-cam-
pus. On-campus school depart
ments, clubs and school activities
use it too. The horticulture depart
ment sometimes uses it to sell
wreathes and plants, according to
Waggoner. Some clubs, coordinat
ing with the cafeteria, have sold
food for fundraisers.
Some students seem to be indif
ferent to the vendors, while others
stop and look but do not buy any
thing. Some students look at the
merchandise and talk about it with
the vendor.
CCC student Crystal
Castleman likes the vendors. The
tables have a “Saturday Market
feel” to them, she said.
Dan Rokosz, alias "Da
Rockman," is a regular vendor in
the Community Center. He sells
fossils, crystals, petrified wood,
handcrafted jewelry and agates.
Rokosz said how many “real”
customers he gets depends on. if
the students have money and on
the time of year. If it is near holi
days when people need gifts, then
vendors get more customers.
Rokosz calls how he gets his
stones , as “self-collected,” .either
trading, buying or collecting them
in the United States. When he’s
not selling rocks at colleges, ba
zaars, fairs and shows, he’s study
ing them.
Not only can students find dif
ferent gifts or merchandise to buy
right here on campus, but our clubs
benefit as well. Having the vendors
here is good for everybody.
turnout for the blood drive.
“After meeting our goal so
quickly, I had great aspirations for
the turnout.” said ASG Public Af
fairs Officer Jennifer Lowe.
One of the most important things
to remember when preparing to
donate blood is to drink plenty of
fluids and eat before coming in.
“I skipped breakfast this morn
ing, so I feel about ready to pass
out,” said Gile after donating.
While dealing with blood, cer
tain precautions must be taken to
insure its quality and the safety of
the donor.
“Everything we use here is dis
posable, so we are sure it is sterile.
Also, before drawing the blood, we
have the donors fill out a question
form to make sure their blood is
usable." said Randy Strutz, assis
tant head nurse. “We rely mainly
on the honesty of the donors and
thorough testing of the blood in
making sure it is clean and
useable.”
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