{"id":3245,"date":"2022-09-19T11:08:06","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T17:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/?p=3245"},"modified":"2022-09-19T11:13:02","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T17:13:02","slug":"jones-college-holds-community-wide-blood-drive-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/news\/jones-college-holds-community-wide-blood-drive-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Â鶹ֱ²¥ holds community-wide Blood Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>ELLISVILLE \u2013 Â鶹ֱ²¥ is hosting a community-wide blood drive, Monday through Wednesday, September 19-21, in the D.O. Thoms Physical Education Building. Â鶹ֱ²¥ students with classes in the Industrial Services Building were able to give blood on Monday with Vitalant\u2019s Blood Mobile conveniently located in the parking lot. On Tuesday and Wednesday, donations will be collected in the P.E. Building from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.<\/p>\n

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Vitalant Phlebotomist, Buddy Murphy prepares Grace Odom of Laurel for her blood donation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cOur overall goal for the week is 82 units of blood,\u201d said Benji Sessums, Â鶹ֱ²¥ Blood Drive Coordinator and EMT instructor. \u201cCurrently, Vitalant says we are in one of the worst blood shortages we\u2019ve had in the area. With the holiday season fast approaching we\u2019re hoping more people will donate and exceed our goal.\u201d<\/p>\n

One way to encourage everyone on the JC campus to give, a competition between faculty, staff and students has been initiated. However, Sessums said the community is welcome to donate along with the JC community and \u201cpick\u201d sides in the friendly competition. Door prizes will be available all three days for donors during random drawings.<\/p>\n

\u201cVitalant suggested that we promote Wednesday as a faculty\/staff versus student giving day. Anyone can give on all the days, but since Wednesday was not officially a class day for most students\u00a0and faculty, we wanted to encourage folks to use the day out of class to come and give. We also thought this would be a good day for the community to be encouraged to give,\u201d said Sessums.<\/p>\n

Vitalant strongly encourages blood donors to make and keep appointments to give blood but walk-ins are welcome. Scheduling appointments can be made through the website, www.donors.vitalant.org<\/a> with JC1 Being the Blood Drive Code.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ELLISVILLE \u2013 Â鶹ֱ²¥ is hosting a community-wide blood drive, Monday through Wednesday, September 19-21, in the D.O. Thoms Physical Education Building. Â鶹ֱ²¥ students with classes in the Industrial Services Building were able to give blood on Monday with Vitalant\u2019s Blood Mobile conveniently located in the parking lot. On Tuesday and Wednesday, donations will … <\/p>\n

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