The Community Blood Center will arrive Nov. 5 for the semi-annual blood drive, which will take place at Gym 2 throughout the school day. Students can sign up outside the cafeteria and all the English classrooms. The center collected a total of 328 pints of blood from both drives last year.
“I think 20 percent of blood donated to the Community Blood Center is from high schools,” blood drive co-chairman Tom Green said. “Blood can help save hundreds of lives in the Kansas City area, and it can help the local people. It’s an easy way to help your community and, for the most part, not many will feel any of the effects. At the most, you will pass out, but you will be walking out the door smiling.”
Requirements:
17 or older
Must weigh 115 pounds or more
Must meet all the health requirements on the day of the blood drive
SMNW Spring 2013 Goal: 170 Units of Blood
Registered: 196 Registered Potential Donors
Deferrals: 42 (21% – deferrals are registered donors but unable to donate due to sickness, low iron, etc.)
Incomplete Draws: 18 (unable to donate a full pint of blood)
First Time Donors: 67
ALYX Procedures: 10 (equals 20 pints)
Total Spring Donations: 146 Units of Blood
![Junior Venti Neaderhiser and senior Dylan Paflas work on their robot March 21 in Room C. The robotics team worked on their robot, Fred, to prepare for the FRC Worlds competition. “I was working with the bumpers on our robot that protect [the] frame [for] when we hit or bump into something,” Neaderhiseri said. “We have put a lot of work into building and coding the robot and have run into many difficulties but we have overcome every issue.” photo by Jack Pischke](https://smnw.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/JPischkeRoboticsteam-7-1-1200x795.jpg)
