Pride
in Providing
Alyssa Famuliner, posted Oct. 25, 2006
The competition for Homecoming, one of Mizzou’s oldest
and most cherished traditions, continues to heat up. One of
the competitions is the blood drive, held on Oct. 10 through
12.
Mizzou and the American Red Cross come together every fall
to create one of the largest blood drives in the world.
Students and community members were bustling in and out of
Mizzou’s Hearnes Center Field House for 8 hours each
day during the blood drive. According to the Homecoming 2006
Blood Drive Web site, over 4,500 people checked in to give
blood during these days. Of those checked in, over 3,200 checked
out. These include those who got deferred or couldn’t
donate.
“This year in association with the American Red Cross,
local Mizzou alumni chapters such as Denver, Colorado and
Atlanta Georgia were part of 14 satellite blood drives held
nationally during the same three days as the Homecoming drive,”
said Laura Bondy, the University Homecoming Coordinator “The
Homecoming blood drive is great because it is a way for donors
to give back and help save lives and be part of a great Mizzou
tradition."
For every person who is able to donate, three lives can be
saved. Brittany Shockley, a member of Alpha Delta Pi, said,
“I don’t really care for the process, but once
it is over I know that I have saved three lives and that makes
me feel good. It’s an over all simple procedure to do
something so great.”
Winners of the blood drive were announced with the other awards
on Sunday, Oct. 22 at midnight in front of Jesse Hall. Fifth
place went to Alpha Delta Pi and Alpha Kappa Lambda, fourth
place went to Alpha Phi, Pi Kappa Phi and Sigma Pi, third
place went to Kappa Alpha Theta, Alpha Gamma Sigma and Beta
Sigma Psi, second place went to Phi Mu and Pi Kappa Alpha,
and Kappa Delta and Alpha Gamma Rho won first place.
To learn more about blood drive, visit the Homecoming
Blood Drive Web site.
