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OSU blood drive exceeds expectations
Red Cross says the success of the blood drive will help makeup for January losses
Amanda Robbins
Issue date: 2/23/07 Section: News
The nurses were just as excited about how the blood drive was going.
"We really appreciate everyone who has been coming," said Eileen Behnke, the collections operations manager. "It is always fun to be here and we are always running short on blood. This has been really good to make up for the loss we had in January."
Judy Caine, a nurse for Red Cross, always enjoys working with college students.
"This is the most impressive blood drive we have," Caine said. "These students are the future blood supply. It is so calming to work with the college students and we could not have done this without the student volunteers - you can really tell they enjoy it too."
All of the coordinators agreed that if it was not for the student volunteers the blood drive would not have gone as well as it did.
"We had about 30 different volunteers a day," McQuillen said.
"Being a volunteer is a good way to help without giving blood," said Marcie Sternberg, a sophomore in pre-nursing and a volunteer. "I like being involved with helping people and helping a bigger organization."
"We really appreciate everyone who has been coming," said Eileen Behnke, the collections operations manager. "It is always fun to be here and we are always running short on blood. This has been really good to make up for the loss we had in January."
Judy Caine, a nurse for Red Cross, always enjoys working with college students.
"This is the most impressive blood drive we have," Caine said. "These students are the future blood supply. It is so calming to work with the college students and we could not have done this without the student volunteers - you can really tell they enjoy it too."
All of the coordinators agreed that if it was not for the student volunteers the blood drive would not have gone as well as it did.
"We had about 30 different volunteers a day," McQuillen said.
"Being a volunteer is a good way to help without giving blood," said Marcie Sternberg, a sophomore in pre-nursing and a volunteer. "I like being involved with helping people and helping a bigger organization."
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