Sinclair is holding their sixth blood drive with the Community Blood Center on September 17 between 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Phi Theta Kappa is sponsoring the event which will be held in the library loggia. If you want to donate and help save lives, you must go to www.donortime.com to register. Once registered, you must enter the donor drive code 177. Not only are you helping save a few lives, you also get a free t-shirt upon registration.
As long as they have not reached their 40 people max, walk-ups are welcomed. To help celebrate the Community Blood Drives fiftieth year anniversary, they will be giving away a Chevrolet Cruze to one lucky donor. All you have to do in order to be eligible is to register, donate and be at
least 18 years of age .
“The Community Blood Center has served the health care needs of the Dayton area for over 40 years, and Sinclair Community College’s chapter of Phi Theta Kappa honor society is proud that we’ve been a part of this for the last 6 years by sponsoring blood drives on campus,” Phi Theta Kappa Faculty Advisor, Rocky Belchersaid.
” We look forward to continuing to sponsor blood drives on Sinclair’s campus this year and for many years to come,” Belcher said.
The whole process of donating blood from start to finish for the donor takes between 30 and 45 minutes. The donor will receive snacks to help increase their blood sugar. Once the blood is drawn, it is tested to make sure the donor had nothing harmful that could be transmitted to the patient receiving the blood.
Requirements to be able to donate are you must be able to provide a photo ID that includes their full name. Past CBC donors are also asked to bring their CBC donor ID card. Donors must be at least 16 years of age (16 years old with parental consent form, available at www. givingblood.org). They must also weigh at least 110 pounds and be in good physical health.
The Community Blood Center/Community Tissue Services is an independent, not-for- profit organization. Community Blood Center provides blood products to 24 hospitals within a 15-county service area in the Miami and Whitewater Valleys.