Giving Blood Provides Opportunity to Save Lives
Service Learning hosts blood drive with the Stanford Blood Center in order to help patients in need
By Dat Huynh
Service Learning hosts blood drive with the Stanford Blood Center in order to help patients in need
By Dat Huynh
According to Brookhaven National Laboratory, one pint of donated blood can help save three people’s lives. Such a small donation can be a crucial component to a patient’s treatment.
On Nov. 18, the bi-annual blood drive was held in the main gym by the Stanford Blood Center with coordination from Service Learning. Their intent was to collect donations of blood from students and staff members in order to donate it to patients in need throughout the Bay Area.
Many individuals do not understand the significance that blood donations can provide to individuals. Stanford Blood Center Blood Drive Director Elisa Manzanares wants others to acknowledge and understand the beneficial impact that donating blood has on one’s community.
“Many benefits such as helping local patients and saving lives come from donating blood. Donors really want to donate and be someone’s hero. Donors that are truly committed, make a lifesaving difference,” said Manzanares. “I believe that letting donors know how important it is might help. We really need them.”
Some students see that the blood drive is an opportunity that should be taken advantage of. Service Learning student R.J. Cho, 12, notices that this as an easy way to help those in need, as the school and donors need to do minimal work in order to put on this event. Additionally, the students and staff who choose to donate will be giving a small amount, yet their help save numerous amounts of lives.
“It’s all Stanford’s equipment and they take care of setting up it and taking down it on their own. We simply provide a venue. We’re trying to do what we can to help those who need blood all around the world by helping restock blood stockpiles in hospitals near us,” said Cho. “One pint of blood, which is what one student donates, can be separated into three different parts and each part could save someone’s life.”
Blood Drive Coordinator Kalin Majnon, 12, who led the event, believes that donating blood is one of the most beneficial and important ways of helping your community. She feels that this opportunity should not be let up on.
“It’s interesting because blood is vital to our existence but it’s also so common, or perceived to be common, that we forget that it can’t be replicated or engineered by scientists,” Majnon said. “Blood really strips humanity to its core — it’s not prejudiced in any manner. When administered, it doesn’t concern itself with who that blood came from, it welcomes it into the soul’s struggle to survive.”
The students of service learning and staff of the Stanford Blood Center urge all students over the age of 16 to donate blood or get involved in order to help serve patients that are in need.
“We have about 150 people signed up which is great. However, we are trying to get people who are 16 to fill out their permission slips to donate blood,” said Cho.
The next blood drive will be held by the Service Learning class in the spring semester.
On Nov. 18, the bi-annual blood drive was held in the main gym by the Stanford Blood Center with coordination from Service Learning. Their intent was to collect donations of blood from students and staff members in order to donate it to patients in need throughout the Bay Area.
Many individuals do not understand the significance that blood donations can provide to individuals. Stanford Blood Center Blood Drive Director Elisa Manzanares wants others to acknowledge and understand the beneficial impact that donating blood has on one’s community.
“Many benefits such as helping local patients and saving lives come from donating blood. Donors really want to donate and be someone’s hero. Donors that are truly committed, make a lifesaving difference,” said Manzanares. “I believe that letting donors know how important it is might help. We really need them.”
Some students see that the blood drive is an opportunity that should be taken advantage of. Service Learning student R.J. Cho, 12, notices that this as an easy way to help those in need, as the school and donors need to do minimal work in order to put on this event. Additionally, the students and staff who choose to donate will be giving a small amount, yet their help save numerous amounts of lives.
“It’s all Stanford’s equipment and they take care of setting up it and taking down it on their own. We simply provide a venue. We’re trying to do what we can to help those who need blood all around the world by helping restock blood stockpiles in hospitals near us,” said Cho. “One pint of blood, which is what one student donates, can be separated into three different parts and each part could save someone’s life.”
Blood Drive Coordinator Kalin Majnon, 12, who led the event, believes that donating blood is one of the most beneficial and important ways of helping your community. She feels that this opportunity should not be let up on.
“It’s interesting because blood is vital to our existence but it’s also so common, or perceived to be common, that we forget that it can’t be replicated or engineered by scientists,” Majnon said. “Blood really strips humanity to its core — it’s not prejudiced in any manner. When administered, it doesn’t concern itself with who that blood came from, it welcomes it into the soul’s struggle to survive.”
The students of service learning and staff of the Stanford Blood Center urge all students over the age of 16 to donate blood or get involved in order to help serve patients that are in need.
“We have about 150 people signed up which is great. However, we are trying to get people who are 16 to fill out their permission slips to donate blood,” said Cho.
The next blood drive will be held by the Service Learning class in the spring semester.