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the clackamas print 3
Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010
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Irican Red Cross workers drew blood from Clackamas student donors at the last American Red Cross Blood Drive on campus, Oct. 27
12009. The American “ Red Cross expected 84 donors, but 94 turned out for the event. This term, the projected goal is 104 donors. *
Lohn Hurlburt
[Editor in Chief
cord amount of blood
I on Clackanjas grounds
I leaving members of
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lent (ASG) and the
I Red Cross very
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I during Clackamas’
live on Oct. 27 and 28,
[ASG’s original goal of
I people to donate,
amount of blood col-
las enough to prompt
hockley, Northwest high
[liege representative for
■Red Cross, to raise the
[goal from 84 people to
I the next blood drive,
the goals are set a year
Ke but Clackamas’ high
[or donors prompted an
I His reason for doing so
inple.
[student government at
las Community College]
f goal on their last drive
hue to reach for greater
I said Shockley.
Die Tracy, ASG public
Senator for awareness,
ling high from Student
Bent’s recent success, sees
pure in Clackamas blood
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I pleased with what we
ne,” commented -Tracy,
has is a very giving col-
i we’re confident we will
Inext goal.”
[recent success means
kt blood drive will have
Rd capability for han-
|ore students, including
& bed for students donat-
|e blood and one extra
Rents donating “double
reds.”
The American Red Cross must
raise 5,000 units of life-saving
donated blood a week in order to
keep up with demand from area
hospitals. According to Shockley,
colleges are very important to
reaching these demands because
often lifetime donors can be made
from the experience.
“Colleges are an important
place for students to have the
opportunity to give blood. Donors
in college who experience the
blood donation process for the
first time are more likely to do it
again,” Shockley stated.
Jonathan King, a Clackamas
student who has donated blood
previously,, said the experience
wasn’t really unpleasant and
doesn’t leave giving blood in the
future out of the questions. King’s
reasons for giving blood in the
first place seem straight forward.
“I felt like it would be good
to do,” King said, adding, “I was
bored, and it was something to
do.”
Although most asked said
donating blood was an overall
positive experience, not every
one will leave the linen-covered
American Red Cross donation bed
feeling great. In fact, one bad day
can scare some donors from ever
coming back.
Student Brandon Bradach says
he used to give blood until he
experienced the potential down
side to his good intentions.
“It felt like the needle was
scraping the inside of the vein,”
Bradach said.
Bradach mentioned that he
never informed the person'tak
ing his blood of the pain, which
he admitted may have led to an
extension of the pain.
Even though some individu
als have gone through a bad time
while giving their blood away,
many local Colleges and high
schools have been donating this
resource that money can’t create
in increasing proportions.
Shockley did not comment as
to why more people are donating
bloodi However, enrollment has
recently skyrocketed at higher
learning institutions statewide
which may be a factor in why
these institutions are bleeding
more for the common • good
lately.
Individuals can donate
Hood in two ways.
The first and more tradi
tional way is to draw blood out
of a person and put it into a bag
to be shipped to the blood bank
and tested. The blood taken
from this method is called
“whole blood,” and the process
takes just a few minutes.
Extracting “double reds”
is the second way to donate
blood. With this method blood
is taken from a person, the red
blood cells are separated from
the white blood cells and then
the white blood cells are put
back in the body. This method
yields a red blood cell concen
trate that would leave vampires
salivating.
Donating double reds gives
twice as many life-saving red
blood cells as whole blood
does while leaving the donor
feeling less drained. The extri
cation process, however, takes
longer.
Pumping out a pint of blood
for someone else to use isn’t
for ’everyone. For a myriad of
reasons some cannot or will
not donate blood, but even if a
person is incapable of donating
blood, Tracy says, there are
still plenty of opportunities for
them to help during the blood
drives.
On campus volunteers will
be needed in order to run support
roles for the drive. A minimum of
an hour is required to volunteer
but those interested can volun
teer as many hours as they like.
To learn more about volunteering
during a blood drive or giving
blood, contact ASG in their office
in the Community Center, room
152.
Clackamas’ upcoming blood
drive, for winter term will be held
Jan. 27 and 28 from 10 a.m. to 3
p.m.
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