On February 12, the Bellefonte High Class of 2025 held a blood drive in the school gym for the American Red Cross.
Over the past four years due to Covid-19, there has been a blood shortage resulting in needing volunteers for people in need of blood in the United States. On January 30, 2020, the American Red Cross stated that over the next eight weeks they were in need of 8,000 donations each week to recover from this COVID pandemic. Since then, they have been in need of blood donations like never before.
One of the junior class advisors and English teacher Mrs. Kelley Kreiger shares how the American Red Cross always needs donors, since every two seconds, someone in the US needs blood.
“Bellefonte has a long tradition of hosting blood drives at the school to help the community. When COVID hit, the restrictions from the Red Cross prevented us from doing a blood drive until now,” Mrs. Kreiger said.
Donating blood is a selfless act. Bellefonte High’s substitute Mr. Sean Seymour is no stranger to donating blood.
“As a teacher, it’s important to set an example, including giving what you can to help the community we all belong to,” Mr. Seymour said.
He experienced déjà vu when donating because his first time giving blood was in his high school gym as a senior.
As someone who also donated at this year’s blood drive, I loved to do it. It gives you an overall feel of joy of knowing you are making a difference in someone’s life. It was my first time participating in a blood drive and I for sure will do it again whenever needed. People are suffering all over the world so why not give them something you have extra of and they need?
It was the first blood drive in the past 3 years based off of Covid-19 resulting in 30 pints of blood from students and staff at the high school.
