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Blood drive seeks donors
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BY JONATHAN SANCHEZ
THE CLACKAMAS PRINT
Once again, the blood drive is back and
looking for more donors than ever.
The Associated Student Government
is te a m in g up w ith B loodw orks
N orthw est to hold the blood prive
on Feb. 13 and 14 in G T ^ r ÿ R r u i ü .
Anyone over the age of 18, and at least
110 pounds, is eligible to donate blood.
B lo o d W o rk s N o r t h w e s t e r n
independent, nonprofit organization
that ASG has teamed up with year after
year to save lives. A ll blood receives
immediate, comprehensive testing so
that it can be available'to more than 90
regional hospitals, usually in less than
24 hours after donation, according to
the Bloodworks website.
R a c h e l M o r g a n , d ir e c to r o f
c o m m u n ity w elln ess d ep artm en t
on campus, said that thé nonprofits
main goal is to get as many donors as
possible. Last term, they had about 50
donors over the tw o-day period. This
term , they said they want to surpass only 10 percent of the population who
are eligible to donate blood do so. This,
that.
Eva Flores, a second-year studentat at times, can cause shortages in blood
Clackamas Com m unity College, said supply, as blood can’t be manufactured.
she has donated blood five tim es. “ I Recently, TIME Magazine reported on
like knowing that the blood is going a major shortage caused the storms
towards saving other people’ s liv es.” that happened across Oregon last year
Below are some tips to keep in mind as blood drives were cancelled and
for anyone planning to participate in shipm ents went uncollected.
The lack o f p ub licity th a t these
/the blood dri/e’
ents receive can be a major issue
According to the Red Cross website, it
tem p tin g to find p otential
is important to drink plenty of liquids,
wear clothing with sleeves that can donors. * * * * X - ^
“ I had no idea they were having a
be easily rolled up to your elbow, eat
iron-rich foods weeks before donating blood d rive,” said Haley Thompson,
“ I ’ve
and bring a photo ID before donating a second-year student at
never donated blood, but I would if I
blood.
“ It’ s really important for everyone to had the tim e.”
The b t e ^ d r i v e ^ ^ take p lace in
donate blood if they can,” said Morgan.
“ It’ s such a simple thing to do to help Gregory ForumTrom t p a S ^ B 4 gun ,,
out the com m unity and it has a big but will be closed from 12:30-130 p.m.
im pact every time someone donates Schedule an a p p o in tm e n ^ ^ ^ s itin g
blood. They can save up to three lives.” the ASG office or by contacting them
According to the Red Cross website, at (503)594-3932.
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C la c k a m a s C o m m u n ity
C o llege is sh u ttin g down
th e C a ll C e n te r , due to
v a r ia b le s s u c h as few
calls th a t can be handled
by stu d en ts, according to
public in form ation officer
Lori Hall. In its placer will be
a phone tree, w hich, when
called, will connect callers
to the o ffic e they w ish to
speak w ith.
“ (The call center] cam e
into existence because o f
the explosive grow th the
college was exp eriencin g
d u rin g th e m ost recen t
r e c e s s io n ,” e n r o llm e n t
Ali Miller
services operations« manager
Chris Sweet stated.
Sw eet w as o r ig in a lly
proposed the discontinuation
of the college’ s call center.
With the end of the call center
comes an end to a means to
Cover students’ tuition. They
were either peer assistants
who received tuition waivers
or they did it for work study,
paid hourly.
The phone tree is currently
under d evelo p m en t. For
people to use it, they would
have to call (503) 594-6000 or
(503) 594~6ioo and select the
office they wish to speak with.
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