Robert Morris College: Giving blood, saving lives
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An attendant from LifeSource makes sure everything is in check for taking blood from Bryan Ewers.
On Thursday, Aug. 26, Robert Morris College Chicago campus held a blood drive on the 8th floor in the workout facilities for students and faculty. The blood drive was administered by LifeSource, a Chicagoland blood bank, and gave everyone involved the chance to give something to society. Even a few students who were unable to give blood themselves were present to give moral support to everyone else involved.
“I made him [Fernando] give blood because I was going to, but I couldn’t, so I made him,” said Martha Trujillo.
The blood drive came at an opportune moment for LifeSource as they recently issued a press release asking for more donors. This was done because, as of July 17, all O and Rh negative blood types (O, O-, A-, B-) are at critically low levels. This unfortunate circumstance only made the students at Robert Morris College more eager to help and even to go above and beyond what is normally asked. “I’m donating double the amount of red blood cells. I agreed to do it because they told me it is for children with cancer,” said Bryan Ewers, MC Senior.
Many students, unaware of the urgent need for certain types of blood, were there to help anyway. As giving blood is not an altogether pleasant experience, this was impressive. Students received no direct benefit from giving blood on Thursday (other than feeling good about themselves), so to see such a large turnout was surprising.
As Fernando Gomez said, “It made me feel good. The experience of giving blood makes me feel like I’m being helpful to other people. It should be done by more people.”